While women make up half of the US workforce, they represent only a quarter of the manufacturing sector. And less than 10% of young women list manufacturing as a top […]
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The highly anticipated UI Labs Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) opened its doors this Monday in Chicago. The 64,000 square foot facility was developed as part of a […]
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Manufacturing is growing. A lot of the existing workforce is retiring. We need people to take on the new and opening positions in advanced manufacturing. But the number of skilled workers needed […]
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A recent study by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce shows that technical innovation, along with a college-educated workforce, has resulted in increased manufacturing productivity over the last […]
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A new report from the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte estimates that, by 2025, the skills gap in manufacturing will find 2.7 million unfilled replacement positions, and another 700,000 unfilled that […]
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This article details some of the specifics of how manufacturing is showing to be a strong and important industry for the economy. The US has been slowly bouncing back from […]
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This article outlines some important steps that will be necessary to rebuild our currently shrinking middle class. Some of the problems facing industries such as manufacturing are: competition from other […]
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The apparel manufacturing industry was one of the top three “re-shoring” US industries, making up 12% of cases of re-shoring businesses. Retailers, such as Wal-Mart, are already on-board to bring […]
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According to this Wall Street Journal article, US manufacturing is doing well, and is on route to providing the base for a strong 2015. October numbers were up and matched […]
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Learn about what some schools, even at the high school level, are doing to provide training for advanced manufacturing. Students from a variety of backgrounds, both locally and nationally, are […]
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