WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) edged up by a tiny 0.016% in January to 84.11 as high-quality and low-quality jobs each rose in the month. Hospital jobs rose by 12,000 to 4.821 million while full-service restaurant employment rose by 31,000 …
By Mike Babiak Throughout the industrial world and across every continent, businesses are making significant investments in robotics and automation. According to the McKinsey Global Industrial Robotics Survey, automated systems will account for 25% of capital spending over the next five years1. Many of these businesses believe that robotics-driven automation systems will drive major benefits …
The following story was originally published in our Manufacturing Outlook eZine. For a free subscription Click Here by Royce Lowe As some know, aluminum comes originally from bauxite, an ore that contains aluminum hydroxide, silica, and iron ore. The first step in aluminum production is the formation of alumina, or aluminum oxide, from bauxite. …
The following story was originally published in our Manufacturing Outlook eZine. For a free subscription Click Here by Royce Lowe Rolls-Royce is evaluating potential sites in the UK, specifically England and Wales, for its Small Modular Reactor (SMR) nuclear power concept, which it claims can provide the nation with a net-zero-carbon option for energy …
The following story was originally published in our Manufacturing Outlook eZine. For a free subscription Click Here by Royce Lowe Figures published on Thursday, January 26th, were expected to show that the U.S. GDP in the final three months of the year expanded at an annualized rate of about 2.5%. The figure that came in …
The following story was originally published in our Manufacturing Outlook eZine. For a free subscription Click Here by Royce Lowe Fighters, the FAA Again, and Taxis Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Switzerland, and the U.K. are already operating or awaiting delivery of, different variants of the …
The following story was originally published in our Manufacturing Outlook eZine. For a free subscription Click Here By Ken Fanger, MBA, CMMC-RP, President, On Technology Partners So, you may have started looking into cybersecurity, learned why it’s important, and maybe you’ve even thought of ways your company can improve. Now the question becomes, what is …
The following story was originally published in our Manufacturing Outlook eZine. For a free subscription Click Here From the Bureau of Labor Statistics Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 517,000 in January, and the unemployment rate changed little at 3.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job growth was widespread, led by …
The following story was originally published in our Manufacturing Outlook eZine. For a free subscription Click Here by Craig Rovere Manufacturers rely on a complex network of suppliers, partners, and logistics providers to produce and deliver their products. When any part of this supply chain is disrupted, it can have a ripple effect that …
Full Tilt Energy Systems has announced that its innovative, fixed tilt racking system has been installed at a 6.2MW project in Italy. Bienergy srl, is an Independent Power Producer (IPP) based in Faenza, in northern Italy. This is Full Tilt’s first project in Italy, and the site, located in Massa Lombarda in northeast Italy, is …
