Daily Headlines - Morning Edition - Aug 19th, 2026
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August 19, 2026
In The Spotlight
Behind the Curtain: Adventures in Continuous Improvement: Back to the Beginning
IndustryWeek revisits the first installment of Behind the Curtain: Adventures in Continuous Improvement with this “best of” episode.
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Top Stories
Manufacturing Revenue, Income Hold Steady: 2026 IndustryWeek U.S. 500
After a dramatic decline in 2024, the overall financial performance of companies on the IW U.S. 500 list leveled off last year.
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AIT’s Schrimsher: Expect More M&A in Coming Year
A combination of factors including competition and private-equity ownership has created an “increasingly productive” backdrop, the distributor’s CEO told investors last week.
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Job Hopping: Career Acceleration or Career Risk?
Is changing jobs the fastest path to career growth or does loyalty still pay off?
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What US Manufacturers Need to Know About Europe's Reform Push
The goal of the Industrial Accelerator Act: to lift manufacturing to 20% of EU GDP by 2035.
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