The political stakes are high for technology companies – Irish Times

February 25, 2013

The Irish Times – Monday, February 25, 2013 CHRIS HORN Innovation talk: For many years, the techies in Silicon Valley largely ignored Washington DC, and Washington DC ignored the west coast technical community. That began to change as first Microsoft, and more recently Google, faced anti-trust probes. Technology companies are learning to play in Washington by […]

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New ‘tools’ needed to train new generation of machinists – The Recorder

February 23, 2013

GREENFIELD — Manufacturing is dead; long live manufacturing, say Franklin County economic leaders who led a “myth-busting” panel discussion Friday. “We turn away, right now, 80 percent of the work that’s offered to us,” said Valley Steel Stamp President Steven Capshaw, “and we do so because there’s no chance we can get to more work […]

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Musings: PwC Says Shale Oil ‘The Next Energy Revolution’ – Really? – Rigzone

February 22, 2013

Economists with the worldwide accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) have just published an interesting and thought-provoking analysis of the long-term impact of shale oil on the global economy. While one might question some of the shale oil production numbers that evolve from the PwC analysis, the final couple of pages of the report, which […]

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Dave Noble of Seegrid Named 2013 Pros to Know Award Winner SDCE Magazine – SBWire (press release)

February 22, 2013

Pittsburgh, PA — (SBWIRE) — 02/22/2013 — Honoring the supply chain’s best and brightest, Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s “Pros to Know” include professionals proactively working to improve their business’s functions in a number of categories—including manufacturing and production output; procurement; logistics; risk mitigation strategies; sourcing; financial operations; packaging and distribution; transportation; and much more. […]

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Moving to the Public Cloud? Do the Math First – Smart Data Collective

February 22, 2013

A manufacturing executive claims that many companies “didn’t do the math” in terms of rushing to outsource key functions to outside suppliers. Are companies making the same mistake in terms of rushing to public cloud computing infrastructures? The herd mentality—we know it well. Once a given topic (i.e. agile development, Hadoop “Big Data” implementation, etc.) […]

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The Automation Element of Re-Shoring – Chem.Info

February 21, 2013

Automation GT, an automation design-and-manufacturing firm based out of Escondido, Calif., is at the forefront of the “re-shoring” trend that has been sweeping the American manufacturing landscape. The company, which has deployed automation solutions in a handful of industries — aerospace, automotive, pharmaceutical and medical devices, to name a few — has seen some of […]

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In A Bold Move, Massachusetts Stakes Out Its Role in US Offshore Wind … – Forbes

February 21, 2013

tumblr The Last New Bedford Whaler In August of 1924, hundreds of people gathered on the shores of New Bedford Harbor to see the last wooden whaling ship – the Wanderer – depart on what all knew to be its final voyage.  It didn’t last long.  Two days out to sea, the Wanderer was caught […]

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Robotics: Revitalizing American Manufacturing – E-Commerce Times

February 21, 2013

Much has been said over the last few years about the loss of American jobs to other countries. The fact is that China and India, as well as other cheap labor countries, have taken a good number of jobs. Many of these jobs will likely never return. I wrote a 2006 article for the E-Commerce […]

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Pakistan offers financial and tax free incentives to foreign investors – SteelGuru

February 21, 2013

Pakistan Kakhudahafiz reported that Pakistan has offered major financial and tax free business incentives and infrastructure facilities to foreign investors as a big Saudi steel mills goes on stream. These incentives were offered at the highest level by Prime Minister Mr Raja Pervez Ashraf. The prime minister’s came on the occasion of the inauguration […]

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RAEDC President Says Goodbye to Rockford for Family Reasons – MyStateline.com

February 21, 2013

ROCKFORD – A major player who has helped the Stateline’s economy for nearly a decade is calling it quits.  The Rockford Area Economic Development Council will now have to find new leadership after their CEO, Janyce Fadden, submitted her letter of resignation on Wednesday.  Fadden cites a move to be closer to family […]

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