No one is talking about “peak oil” anymore. Instead, the buzz is all about the technological revolution in the energy industry, which is dramatically boosting the proven reserves of oil and natural gas. The epicenter of this revolution is the United States. However, the new technologies are being introduced around the world in France, Poland, […]

The tide has begun to turn on the flow of manufacturing jobs from the U.S. to China and other low-cost countries, according to a new study from The Hackett Group, Inc. Some companies are already reshoring a portion of their manufacturing capacity, and this trend is expected to reach a crucial tipping point over the […]

“Our customers want U.S.-made products,” Plouse President Dale Seitz said in a statement. Swatara Township-based Plouse’s orders hit a five-year high in 2012, according to the statement. Orders growth year over year was 21 percent, and about 13 percent over 2007, said Marc Waldeck, a spokesman for Plouse with Baltimore-based marketing firm Brave New Markets. […]

Advances in 3D printing technology could revolutionise the way we produce goods and repatriate manufacturing jobs to the UK. Additive manufacturing, as the process is technically known, works by building up solid objects layer by wafer-thin layer, in much the same way as a conventional 2D inkjet printer. The object is scanned, or designed […]