Washington, DC: A new survey of Members of the National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA) and Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) shows the importance of the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan program, with...
Washington, DC: Ongoing efforts by the U.S. manufacturing industry to develop the workforce of tomorrow received a significant boost this week with the announcement by the U.S. Department...
When Phyllis Miller worked as a human resources manager at Hamill Manufacturing Co. she would get close to 200 applications for an engineering position and only about three for machinist position.
To address that skills gap that she sees continuing to...
Thirty-three organizations, most of them related to manufacturing, signed on a letter sent to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer yesterday, asking for the lifting of Section 232 tariffs on aluminum and steel, specifically on imports from Canada and Mexico.
Section 232 of the...
The Trump administration says tariffs on Chinese imports will shift manufacturing back to U.S. factories, but some small and midsize companies that have done just that say the tariffs are hurting, not helping, their business.
Kent International Inc., a bicycle company, opened a factory in...
Tool and die making is one of those professions that prompts a layperson to ask, open-mouthed, “does that job still exist?” In 2016, nearly 75% of tool and die makers were over age 45, according to study from by Center for Automotive Research. Only 2% were younger than 35. Two of five are...
A group of Dickson County manufacturers sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to rescind the tariffs on imported steel, which they say have impaired their ability to compete with foreign companies.
Executives from six area companies employing more than 1,000 Tennesseans...
Rising costs. Delayed shipments. A baffling bureaucracy.
President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported aluminum and steel are disrupting business for American companies that buy those metals, and many are pressing for relief.
Hundreds of companies are asking the Commerce Department...
These are difficult days for a number of U.S. manufacturers who rely on steel and aluminum to make their products. The Trump administration’s recently announced tariffs on imported steel and aluminum have raised the price of both metals significantly.
And many of those manufacturers are...
