Two robots battle during the seventh annual Southwestern Pennsylvania BotsIQ Competition at Westmoreland County Community College. The college hosted a half-day conference on dealing with the lack of skilled labor in manufacturing in conjunction with the competition. Malia Spencer Reporter – Pittsburgh Business Times Email  | Twitter Manufacturing jobs are coming back to the U.S. and […]

We’ve entered the silly season… In fact, there have been three manufactured controversies in the past month (Etch A Sketch, hot mic, and Hilary Rosen)… What yesterday did teach us: It didn’t take much for conservatives to rally to Romney’s side… Team Obama’s not-so-good week… Romney calls Obama “incompetent” after North Korea’s “incompetent” missile launch… […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The Senate Governance and Finance committee today approved Senate Bill 1128 (Padilla) on a 7 to 0 vote. The bill would encourage investment, job creation and economic growth in California by allowing sales and use tax exemptions on the purchase of manufacturing equipment in the advanced manufacturing sector. The bill […]

Over on MetalMiner, my colleague Stuart Burns penned a quick summary exploring some of the opportunities and challenges surrounding GE’s reshoring efforts (read Part 1 and Part 2). Stuart notes that it’s not just high-value items such as aircraft turbines or imaging equipment that GE is focusing on driving production […]