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By Zach Mottl, CAO of Atlas Tool Works Over the past two decades, Illinois has lost roughly 280,000 manufacturing jobs. And as those good-paying jobs have departed, so too have many longtime residents. Illinois has now ...
Manufacturing is booming in the United States, mainly due to President Donald Trump’s economic policies, Zach Mottl of Atlas Tool Works said on Fox Business this week. Mottl, who also volunteers to chair the Technology ...
Jeffrey Blaylock of Manufacturing.net lists six things that he believes will be top challenges for manufacturers over the next few decades. Those challenges Blaylock expects include: The Chinese Invasion 3-D Printing Artificial intelligence Cybersecurity Labor ...
By Dennis LaComb – Vice President, Technology & Manufacturing Association Last August, TMA leadership met with one of candidate J.B. Pritzker’s top policy advisors to discuss how the business and manufacturing landscape would look if ...
Overvalued dollar drives record US deficits with China, rest of world The Coalition for a Prosperous America released the following statement March 6, 2019, explaining the importance of addressing the US Goods Trade Deficit: Annual data released ...
One of Technology & Manufacturing Association’s Board Members – Nicole Wolter, CEO and President of HM Manufacturing in Wauconda – gives firsthand experience confirming that despite media reporting differently, manufacturing is doing well these days. ...
Op-ed by Peter Navarro – Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy – In his inauguration speech, President Trump promised: “We will follow two simple rules: Buy American and Hire American.” The president will sign an ...
CHICAGO – In the first six months of his term, Illinois’ new Governor J.B. Pritzker says he plans to implement to work with the Illinois legislature to enact a $15 statewide minimum wage. The city ...
By Michael Stumo, CEO of Coalition for a Prosperous America – Trump administration officials have just returned from Beijing after two days of talks meant to resolve China’s aggressive trade and economic cheating. President Trump and Chinese President ...
Antony Bourne, IFS Global Industry director for Manufacturing, makes three predictions for manufacturing in 2019: Prediction #1: 50% of all manufacturing companies will be using AI in some form by the end of 2021 Prediction #2: 25% ...
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