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A piece of history wends – Cowra Community News

February 3, 2013

A piece of history wends its way back to Cowra LITTLE did 20-year-old conscript Ramiro Gionotti know what the next seven years held for him when he began his national service with the Italian Army in 1940. He would spend the next seven years as a Prisoner of War, including two years […]

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Reshoring Bringing Back Jobs to USA

February 3, 2013
The ‘offshoring’ movement had a profound deleterious effect on the U.S. job market. Entire industries such as electronics, textiles, toys and shoes shifted to China. Consequently, traditional blue collar manufacturing jobs dramatically shrank in number.
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The Conversation: Bringing back jobs from abroad? – Sacramento Bee

February 3, 2013

JOIN THE CONVERSATION: What can policymakers do to bring back manufacturing jobs from overseas? Add your comment below. To write a letter, go to sacbee.com/sendletter. Or comment on our Facebook page at facebook.com/sacramentobee. January is usually an altogether dreary time to be in London. But it was in that month 160 years ago that an […]

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GE potential plant closures could impact hundreds of Ohio families – WKYC-TV

February 1, 2013

NORTHEAST OHIO — General Electric has announced it intends to close lighting plants in Warren and Ravenna, a move that could impact 360 Ohio families. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is calling on GE to seek alternatives to closing the plants by bringing new investments to the facilities. “Recently, GE has made headlines through its reshoring […]

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Britain cannot be Singapore on steroids – Shifting Grounds

February 1, 2013

Britain cannot be Singapore on steroids In the often surreal discussions around Europe we seem to be ignoring the facts, and what Europe is doing for Britain now. A few days ago, the European Commission announced the two projects that will receive up to €1 billion (£855 million) each over the next 10 years under the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) […]

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GE plans to close Ravenna plant – Akron Beacon Journal

February 1, 2013

GE Lighting plans to close its Ravenna manufacturing plant next year, saying there is a “dramatic and continuing” decline in demand for the lamps made there. The company said in a news release that it intends to close the 164-employee facility by the end of March 2014. Workers make high-intensity discharge lamps that are used […]

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Outsourcing is beginning to wane – Today’s Energy Solutions

January 31, 2013

Early in 2012, I wrote an editorial criticizing Jeffrey Immelt, CEO, General Electric (GE), for his decision to outsource work from the United States to China. While my viewpoint on his decision has not changed, I must admit that Immelt may not be the ogre that I once believed him to be. I’m […]

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Hacking robotic arms, predicting flight arrival times, manufacturing in … – O’Reilly Radar

January 31, 2013

Flight Quest (GE, powered by Kaggle) — Last November GE, Alaska Airlines, and Kaggle announced the Flight Quest competition, which invites data scientists to build models that can accurately predict when a commercial airline flight touches down and reaches its gate. Since the leaderboard for the competition was activated on December 18, 2012, entrants have already beaten […]

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The US textile and apparel industry remains on the upswing, and the prognosis … – Textile World Magazine

January 31, 2013

It’s been another tolerably good year for U.S. mills and apparel manufacturers. And barring the unforeseen, there’s little to suggest otherwise, not only for the new year but also well into the second half of the decade. Domestic mill shipments, for example, should approach $54 billion to $55 billion in 2013 — the fourth consecutive […]

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Japan hails upbeat data – Post (subscription)

January 31, 2013

http://sxc.hu/ Japan on Thursday hailed upbeat factory output numbers as a turning point for the beleaguered economy as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s new government strives to reverse the nation’s fortunes. Output rose by 2.5 percent in December from the previous […]

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