Vaughn Larson Members of a Nicaraguan humanitarian rescue unit (UHR) spent three days in Wisconsin sharing search and extraction techniques with the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 273rd Engineer Company. They teamed up to build a shoring apparatus capable of bearing up to 13,000 pounds Aug. 18 at Volk Field, Wis. Wisconsin National […]

A series of leading fund managers believe the trend towards onshoring and nearshoring production back from emerging to developed markets has much further to go. Onshoring is being driven by a combination of factors, not least rising wage inflation and declining competitiveness in emerging markets, while a number of developed nations are also benefiting from […]

By Chuck Crumbo ccrumbo@scbiznews.com Published Aug. 28, 2013 ORLANDO, Fla. — Walmart’s two-day U.S. manufacturing summit held last week in Orlando yielded news that a handful of suppliers planned to invest more than $70 million in factory growth and create more than 1,000 jobs. The biggest deal in terms of jobs, though, was announced by […]

Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Hamzah Mazari with Crédit Suisse. Hamzah Mazari – Crédit Suisse AG, Research Division The first question, Bill, is just on — if you could maybe give some more color on the delta between the low end and the high end of guidance, […]