Monthly Archives: August 2012

14 Key Considerations for the Winning Design

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Pete DiLeo

Douglas Alexander, Principal Consultant, Component Engineering Consultants, EBN Generally speaking, the more thoroughly a manufacturing team develops a design concept, and the more qualified the thought process involved, the more likely the end product’s success in the marketplace. That’s why … Continue reading →

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Offshore Continues to Bite Back

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Pete DiLeo

By: Paul J. Heney, Design World I’ve been writing about the problems with offshoring—and the welcome springing back of the reshoring phenomenon for quite some time. Lately, it has been very interesting to watch how the trend is affecting more … Continue reading →

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Study: 2.1 Million US Manufacturing Jobs Lost to China Due to Trade Deficit

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Pete DiLeo

By: Plastics News The U.S. has lost more than 2.7 million jobs — 2.1 million in manufacturing alone — since 2001, because of the U.S. trade deficit with China, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute.

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Product Design Strategies Take Manufacturers to the Top

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Pete DiLeo

By: Travis Hessman, Industry Week Tech-Clarity report uncovers best practices for developing industrial equipment. A new study published by independent research and consulting firm, Tech-Clarity, has some good news for industrial equipment manufacturers: just about everyone is on the rise.

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Manufacturing Again Tops Presidential Campaign Agenda

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Pete DiLeo

By: National Association of Manufacturers Romney Plan Recognizes Importance of Affordable Energy to Manufacturing Renaissance National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) President and CEO Jay Timmons issued this statement after Governor Romney released his comprehensive energy plan:

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Orders Fall for Most Durable Goods in July

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Pete DiLeo

By: Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press, USA Today Orders for long-lasting U.S. factory goods, excluding the volatile transportation category, fell in July for the fourth time in five months, a sign that manufacturing may be faltering.

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The Future of American Manufacturing – Is there Reason for Hope?

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Pete DiLeo

By: Michele Nash-Hoff, Can American Manufacturing Be Saved While the state of American manufacturing has been grim for the past decade, the “reshoring” trend and new technologies are making the outlook for the future of American manufacturing look brighter than … Continue reading →

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Study Finds Trade Deficit with China Costs 2.7 Million Jobs

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Pete DiLeo

By: Steve Minter, Industry Week A growing trade deficit with China is responsible for the loss of 2.1 million manufacturing jobs since 2001, a new study concludes, and more than 2.7 million U.S. jobs overall. These job losses occurred since … Continue reading →

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Will Manufacturing Win?

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Pete DiLeo

By: Mark Shortt, Design-2-Part Many issues are at stake as the 2012 U.S. Presidential election approaches. Both candidates for President–the incumbent Pres. Barack Obama and the presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney–know that a healthy and growing U.S. manufacturing sector is … Continue reading →

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New Era of the High-Tech Machine Shop

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Pete DiLeo

By: Travis Hessman, Industry Week At the center of every neat, double row of CNC machine tools at Smith and Wesson’s Springfield, Mass., plant, a single worker controls the operations and output of as many as 10 simultaneously running machines. … Continue reading →

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