Another day, another new assembly plant. As we’ve been reporting, there’s been an uptick in manufacturing activity in recent months. For instance, just the other day, General Electric unveiled a refrigerator plant in Louisville, KY (several weeks after opening a new water heater plant at its Appliance Park complex). Perhaps all the talk about reshoring […]

By Molly A.K. Connors / Monitor staff March 26, 2012 When the 30,000-square-foot expansion at Webster Valve in Franklin is finished in about a year, people driving by on South Main Street won’t notice much of a difference, said Bill McCartney, chief financial officer of Webster’s parent company, Watts Water Technologies. But the people who […]

We all know the United States has a jobs crisis. President Obama further acknowledged it when he made manufacturing a top priority in this year’s State of the Union address. He has his eye set on fixing the tax code to keep jobs onshore, training young people to fill them, reforming immigration to retain workers […]

NEWS-SUN STAFF REPORT March 23, 2012 5:38PM  The College of Lake County, Illinois Manufacturer’s Association, Medusa Consulting Group and U.S. Rep. Robert Dold, R-Kenilworth, are collaborating to hold a Manufacturing and Educational Conference entitled “Bridging the Gap between Education and Industry” on April 11 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at ETA Cuisenaire, 500 Greenview Court, […]