A key reason President Donald Trump cites for his tariff policy is boosting U.S. manufacturing. On two recent occasions, Trump has touted a factory-building record on his watch.…
Read more Trump overstates pace of factory constructionWolfspeed’s new materials factory near Siler City, North Carolina, in December 2025. The company is currently meeting its demand through other facilities. Brian Gordon bgordon@newsobserver.com I’m Brian Gordon,…
Read more What Wolfspeed needs to wake up its very quiet Chatham County factoryThere are an estimated 4,664,000 working industrial robots in the world, according to the International Federation of Robotics. More than two million of them are in China. And don’t…
Read more China Outpaces Rest of World in Working RobotsIf you’re trying to produce more in the same period of time with the same resources, there are chances that the quality of the product may deteriorate. Here…
Read more Increase Manufacturing Efficiency With No Quality Compromise – Aha!NOWAfter more than eight decades, Blommer Chocolate is closing its factory at the end of May. The factory opened in 1939, and while chocolate connoisseurs can’t find Blommer…
Read more Blommer to Close Chicago Chocolate Factory After 85 YearsBy Ed Frankl German manufacturing orders jumped unexpectedly in December, driven by bumper aircraft purchases, although excluding larger orders they still fell, reflecting a difficult environment for the…
Read more German Manufacturing Orders Unexpectedly Soar on Aircraft PurchasesThe numbers: A closely watched index that measures U.S. manufacturing activity rose by 0.7 percentage point to 47.4 in December, according to the Institute for Supply Management on Wednesday.…
Read more U.S. manufacturing sector shrinks for 14th straight month in DecemberRecession fears are rising. Nothing beats fear better than good information and that’s what we will get this week. Investors and economists will get good insight into the…
Read more Health of several key sectors, including the U.S. consumer, plus an outlook from Fed’s Powell on radar this coming weekThe numbers: The U.S. economy expanded but at a relatively subdued pace in early November, latest data from S&P Global show. The S&P Global “flash” U.S. services index rose…
Read more U.S. economy growing only at a subdued rate in early November, S&P Global saysPolice are investigating a horrific incident that occurred in South Korea when a man was crushed to death by an industrial robot that mistook him for a box…
Read more Worker Is Crushed by a Robot That Mistook Him for a Box | EntrepreneurSep 29, 2023 Whether your dog sleeps curled up at the foot of your bed, or your cat sleeps resting peacefully at the top of your pillow, one…
Read more Austin Pets Alive! | Factory MattressThe historic Domino Sugar Refinery on the Brooklyn waterfront is officially opening Wednesday, following more than a decade of renovation to convert it to a high-end office building…
Read more Landmark Domino Sugar Refinery reopening as office tower along Brooklyn waterfrontOrders for U.S. manufactured goods fell a sharp 2.1% in July, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. This is the first decline after four straight monthly gains. Economists surveyed by…
Read more U.S. factory orders plunge in July after four straight gainsThe numbers: Orders for long-lasting goods rose in July for the third month in a row if recent ups and downs at Boeing are set aside, suggesting the struggling…
Read more Durable-goods orders rise for third month in a row — if Boeing is taken out of the equationThe numbers: Two U.S. regional gauges of manufacturing sentiment showed signs in June that they may be improving after a rough patch, according to data released Thursday. The…
Read more New York Empire State, Philadelphia Fed factory indexes mixed but show signs of optimismBy Ed Frankl New orders at German factories fell unexpectedly in April, signaling continued declining demand in the country’s key manufacturing sector especially among foreign orders. Manufacturing orders…
Read more German Manufacturing Orders Fell Unexpectedly in April on Low Foreign DemandOrders for manufactured goods rose 0.4% in April, the Commerce Department said Monday. It is the fourth increase in factory-goods orders in the past five months. Economists surveyed…
Read more April U.S. factory orders rise for fourth gain in five monthsThe numbers: Orders for manufactured goods jumped 1.1% in April largely because of the military, but business investment also rose sharply in a positive sign for the economy. Economists…
Read more Durable-goods orders get a boost from military spendingThe numbers: The Philadelphia Federal Reserve said Thursday its gauge of regional business activity rose to negative 10.4 in May from negative 31.3 in the prior month. Any…
Read more Philadelphia Fed’s factory gauge shows ninth straight month of declining activity in MayThe numbers: A key barometer of U.S. factories was negative in March for the fifth month in a row, reflecting an ongoing struggle by a key part of the…
Read more Manufacturing shrinks for 5th month in a row, ISM finds, with one gauge signaling recession
