Booming demand for its infrared heaters, particularly in China’s rapidly-growing chicken farm industry, has led Ontario-based exporter Superior Radiant Products Ltd. to the next logical step: “next-shore” production of its industrial and commercial heaters to Qingdao in China. The Canadian manufacturer has supplied the Chinese market for these products from its plant in Stoney Creek, […]
Reshoring News
By Sally Waterston, director of Business and IT Consultancy Waterstons Limited Everything goes in cycles; fashion, the weather, Information Technology and even manufacturing. It feels sometimes as if we are like a pendulum as a country, racing after the next new thing and piling all our hopes on it in the name of strategy […]
The repatriation of manufacturing jobs in America is clearly based on clear-headed rather than nationalistic decision-making. Companies note that reshoring is not just about foreign wages anymore; it’s about serving and reacting to markets from a closer vantage point. And it’s foreign companies doing it, too. July 4 is approaching, so it behooves me to […]
The figures, contained in the SMMT’s 15th annual sustainability report, showed that of the 44,000 new jobs created in the sector, 14,000 were in manufacturing. People starting new roles in industry were reflected in domestic automotive manufacturing turnover, which grew by 10.3pc to top £64bn last year. This figure itself was fuelled by manufacturers investing […]
Don Brunell Don Brunell While much of the news deals with America’s decline, there is hope we can stimulate our economy, create manufacturing jobs and pay down our national debt by increasing our manufacturing and energy production. While goods were once proudly “Made in America,” many of our manufacturing plants are shuttered. When we go […]
The fourth of July is just around the corner, and it’s understandable if you’re thinking about baseball games, burgers and a dip in the pool. But for some people, Independence Day means something a little more significant.Our Conversation this week is with Don Rongione, who runs Bollman Hat Co. in […]
Businesses across the North East are being urged to bring work back home and reap the benefits a Made in Britain badge can bring. The North East Chamber of Commerce and UKTI, in partnership with HSBC, are staging a series of events around the region to demonstrate the impact of re-shoring work and reverse the […]
Paul Everitt, chief executive of ADS, said almost three quarters of firms expect to increase investment over the next year. He credited the Aerospace Growth Partnership – a joint initiative between the Government and industry to boost investment in areas such as technology and skills – for the sector’s strong growth over the last three […]
The Ministry of Justice has written off £56m spent on an IT project after discovering it was late, over budget and duplicated by another department. Ministers decided to shelve the project, designed to save money on back-office functions, when they realised it was obsolete. “We wrote off the money because we discovered in 2012 that […]
Higher levels of education lead to elevated wages, a more equitable distribution of income and substantial gains in productivity. As a result, education is more valued and more necessary than ever before in today’s global economy. Consider this – the U.S. currently ranks third among the top 30 most developed countries when it comes to adults […]
