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Offshore wind will create U.S. manufacturing jobs — if it can woo investors

by Daniel Whateley | May 13, 2019 | Manufacturing, Uncategorized

Launched in 2016, Rhode Island’s Block Island Wind Farm is the country’s first and only operational offshore site. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL) In 2014, Gulf Island Fabrication, a U.S. manufacturing company that builds support structures for offshore...

Five Things To Watch in the ISM’s April Manufacturing Report

by Daniel Whateley | Apr 30, 2019 | Manufacturing

Source: Mixabest [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] The Institute for Supply Management will release its April manufacturing report tomorrow morning. The report follows a week of positive news on the overall health of the U.S. economy,...

ISM shows March rebound in manufacturing, driven by strong employment growth

by Daniel Whateley | Apr 7, 2019 | Manufacturing, Uncategorized

The U.S. manufacturing sector grew faster in March than the previous month, with employment growth at its highest level since November 2018, according to the Institute for Supply Management. March’s purchasing manager index (PMI) from the ISM was 55.3, a 1.1...

The Trump administration is creating new headaches for the craft beer industry

by Daniel Whateley | Mar 26, 2019 | Manufacturing, Uncategorized

Photo Credit: Paul Joseph [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)] Jeff Cozzens started brewing beer with his father, best friend and brothers in a renovated 18th century grist mill back in 2013. As their New Hampshire-based brewery, Schilling Beer...

Growth slows in U.S. manufacturing as tariffs and winter weather hit factories

by Daniel Whateley | Mar 3, 2019 | Manufacturing

The White House during a late February snowstorm. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen) The U.S. manufacturing sector slowed in February, with factory employment, new orders and productivity expansion rates all dipping below January levels. February’s...

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