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Education / Training

Manufacturing Day 2024: Gearing Up for the Next Generation

Oct. 4, 2024
Workforce challenges remain, but the industry has made inroads in creating career paths at all levels of employment, connecting with underserved groups and investing in education...

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Faces of Manufacturing 2024: 'If You Work Hard, the Opportunities Are Vast'

Oct. 4, 2024
In celebration of Manufacturing Day 2024, manufacturing workers share why they love their vocation. Here are their stories.
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East Coast, Gulf Coast Dockworker Strike Ends Until January with 62% Raise

Oct. 4, 2024
International Longshoremen’s Association wins massive pay increase in a tentative deal that ends the strike while sides negotiate a final deal by Jan. 15.
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Production Pulse: MFG Day 2024, Are Manufacturers Attracting the Workforce of the Future?

Oct. 3, 2024
A group of manufacturing editors and a representative of The Manufacturing Institute discuss how industrial companies can recruit future workers and some of the challenges they...
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Perception of Manufacturing Trade Work Trails Many Other Sectors

Oct. 3, 2024
The 2024 Perception of the Trades report from Endeavor Business Intelligence shows households cooling on the idea of working on machinery or welding.
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Emerging Technologies

Early Adopters and AI: What Are the Best Use Cases?

Oct. 2, 2024
Industrial machinery manufacturers are finding applications in procurement, quality, logistics and more.
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Supplier Relationships

Circular Steel: What It Is, How It’s Made and Its Role in Reducing Emissions

Oct. 2, 2024
The steel industry is responsible for 7% to 9% of global C02 emissions. Much of it is Scope 3.

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IndustryWeek's 2024 Salary Survey Now Open for Responses

Sept. 17, 2024
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Labor / Employment Policy

US Dockworkers Launch Strike After Labor Contract Expires

Oct. 1, 2024
"With the longshoremen’s strike now in effect, the disruption to our supply chain is both immediate and far-reaching," says Transportation Intermediaries Association President...

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The Economy

Production Pulse: Smaller Manufacturers Talk About the Economy

Sept. 19, 2024
Jergens Inc. CEO Jack Schron and Bud Industries CEO Blair Haas share what they think about rate cuts, presidential politics and how smaller manufacturers are faring in 2024.
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Technology and IIoT

IMTS Day 1: Additive Manufacturing Companies Stress Cost Performance

Sept. 9, 2024
Sure, material is more expensive, and 3D printing can’t match the speed of traditional systems, but no tooling costs make the technology perfect for some applications.
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Technology and IIoT

Production Pulse: What to Expect at IMTS 2024

Sept. 5, 2024
The International Manufacturing Technology Show kicks off in Chicago in less than a week. Endeavor Business Media editors discuss what they'll be watching for at the show.