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New Year: Economic outlook for 2015 – Pennsylvania Business Central

January 23, 2015

Six years ago, “Black Monday” entered history books  when stock markets around the world crashed. Since that time and at the end of the Great Recession, the U.S. economy has added 8.3 million jobs, and the unemployment rate has fallen from 10 to 5.7 percent. That number isn’t as low as the pre-recession rate of […]

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Homeward bound – Investors Chronicle

January 23, 2015

Cheap labour, growing local markets, less red tape and digital communication were some of the main reasons behind a wave of western companies shipping operations overseas at the end of the 20th century. By the turn of the millennium, over half of US businesses and a quarter of western European manufacturers had implemented […]

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Obama’s Manufacturing-Centric State of the Union You’ll Never Hear – MetalMiner

January 22, 2015

MetalMiner was able to obtain a copy of an alternate version of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, one that was geared more toward US manufacturing industry. Evidently it was only about two minutes long – but we were most likely the ones least surprised. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my […]

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Shortening supply chains may create a new reality for trucking sector – The City Wire

January 21, 2015

There’s a fundamental shift underway in the transportation and logistics sector that could shorten the supply chains for shipping companies during the next few years, according to John Larkin, managing director at Stifel Transportation & Logistics Equity Research. An increase in demand for faster delivery of “last-mile goods” is leading to tighter supply chains with […]

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Don’t kid yourself—US manufacturing jobs are never really “coming back” from … – Quartz

January 21, 2015

“More than half of manufacturing executives have said they’re actively looking to bring jobs back from China, so let’s give them a reason to get that done.” US president Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech made several mentions about boosting employment, and specifically about bringing jobs back from China. The “more than half” statistic appears […]

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California Missing Manufacturing Boom Due to Alternative Energy Subsidies – Breitbart News

January 20, 2015

Despite California having the largest manufacturing base in the nation, the state is growing high-paying manufacturing jobs at only one seventh of the U.S. average. The culprit in this debacle is Governor Brown’s wildly expensive alternative energy mandates that stab industrial manufacturers with electrical costs that are about double the U.S. average. The Boston Consulting […]

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2015 Energy Outlook for Supply Chain Managment – Supply Chain Management Review

January 20, 2015

Derik Andreoli, Ph.D.c., senior analyst at Mercator International LLC, shares his observations on the energy sector in this exclusive interview with Supply Chain Management Review. Supply Chain Management Review: What were the most significant shifts in the energy sector last year? Derik Andreoli: The biggest story in the energy sector has to be the 30% […]

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Fading yen forces Japanese firms to bring production home – Deutsche Welle

January 20, 2015

As recently as 2011, the strength of the Japanese currency combined with relatively high labor, transportation and property costs at home meant that wise companies were investing in manufacturing facilities overseas. Today, as the yen slips and costs rise in other parts of Asia, those same companies are increasingly considering repatriating a good proportion […]

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Bringing manufacturing jobs back – Today’s Medical Developments

January 19, 2015

Chicago, Illinois – Officials from The Reshoring Initiative announced that U.S. Bank Equipment Finance renewed its sponsorship to support the Initiative’s goal of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States.  “We are delighted that U.S. Bank Equipment Finance, a financial leader in the manufacturing arena, has decided to renew its sponsorship to […]

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Onshoring our IPO market

January 19, 2015
The year 2014 was a good year for initial public offering (IPO) markets globally; companies raised about $95 billion in the US, $27 billion in the UK and $24 billion in Asia. The US continues to lead and grow; the amount raised grew by more than 50% over …
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