Manufacturing Profits Up in 1Q 2013 U.S. manufacturing corporations saw their seasonally adjusted after-tax profits for the first quarter of 2013 total $152.5 billion, up $14.4 billion from the $138.1 total of the last quarter of 2012, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Profits were up $6.0 billion from the corresponding first quarter of 2012. The Global Manufacturer read more
June 11, 2013 - Industry Week
OnCore Manufacturing Appoints Walt Hussey as Chief Operations Officer OnCore Manufacturing, LLC, a global supplier of electronic manufacturing services, today announced that Walt Hussey has been appointed to the position of Chief Operating Officer. W
June 11, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
S.Africa's manufacturing up 7 percent y/y in April JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's manufacturing output rose 7 percent year-on-year in volume terms in April - far outpacing market expectations - after contracting 2.2 percent in March, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. On a month-on-month basis, factory production was up 8.4 percent, but fell 1.9 percent in the three months to April compared with the preceding period. Economists ...
June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Barack Obama in USA Today In 2008, American exports accounted for nearly 7 percent of our total employment, one in three manufacturing jobs, and supported 10.3 million jobs in all,Obama said.
Yu Hai in The Associated Press The conflicts are challenging the current set-up of low-wage, low-tech manufacturing, and may catalyze the transformation of China's industrial sector,said Yu Hai, a sociology professor at Shanghai's Fudan University.
Tom LaSorda in MediaScrape The national agreement is consistent with the economic pattern and balances the needs of our employees and company by providing a framework to improve our long-term manufacturing competitiveness,Chrysler vice-president and chairman Tom...