Weekly Manufacturing News and Notes
Hot Topics in the Manufacturing Industry.
Come back every Monday for captivating and relevant news and notes
U.S. eyes region as manufacturing cluster
A topic President Obama touched upon during his State of the Union was optimizing U.S. town’s proximity to Mexican manufacturing.
Valley Morning Star
Don’t kid yourself—US manufacturing jobs are never really “coming back” from China
While the 7% raise in Chinese wages are driving some of CEO’s to buy home-grown goods, we are still not close to the manufacturing employment levels.
Quartz
Plenty of office space but little available for manufacturing
Buffalo, NY is experiencing a serious vacancy problem that is looking to take 22 years to absorb the damage.
Buffalo News
After a Texas manufacturing survey was taken we are seeing that Texas activity reading is coming in at a -4.4 this January.
Business Insider
Middle-class manufacturing jobs? Not in California
One-fourth of California’s residents are in a constant struggle to make ends meet and the middle class just doesn’t exist, neither does the manufacturing renaissance helping state economies around the country.
U-T San Diego
Ford contract, aluminum truck parts discussed
Ford’s executive vice president of global manufacturing and labor affairs, John Fleming, says that Ford is aligned with the union when talking about hourly worker wages.
The Courier Journal