by Jill Shah | May 28, 2020 | Featured, Manufacturing
Elisha Tropper adapted on the fly to the new reality for his company, Cambridge Security Seals. The business occupies a 25,000 square-foot facility in Pomona, New York, manufacturing seals for global industries such as healthcare, aviation, and pharmaceuticals. He...
by Sam Sharpe | May 1, 2020 | Featured, Manufacturing
Many manufacturers have been deemed essential businesses and allowed to continue production while other businesses have been forced to close. Though far from immune to the economic effects of the shutdown, to this point they’ve fared much better than most American...
by Jill Shah | Apr 24, 2020 | Featured, Manufacturing, Uncategorized
The March durable goods report is expected to be weak, showing the first signs of the coronavirus pandemic on manufacturing orders. Here’s what to watch in the monthly report out Friday at 8:30 am Eastern time: It’ll be bad but it won’t capture the full picture. ...
by Jill Shah | Mar 31, 2020 | Featured, Manufacturing
Businesses ordered less equipment in February, an early sign of the supply chain disruptions to the manufacturing sector from the coronavirus pandemic last month that are only projected to get worse as the ripple effects spread deeper into the economy. Orders for core...
by Sam Sharpe | Mar 14, 2020 | Featured, Manufacturing
Anthony Dalessio was in high school when Republic Steel left town in 1984. The steel mill, one of the largest in the country, had been one of Buffalo’s largest employers through the 1950s and 60s. But as globalization moved manufacturing jobs overseas, Republic Steel...
by Jill Shah | Mar 3, 2020 | Manufacturing
Businesses ordered more equipment in January, a sign of increased investment in American manufacturing that was buoyed by the recent trade deal but now faces the threat of coronavirus. Orders for these goods – called core capital goods – were up 1.1% from December....
