Latest News
Key Takeaways from August 2019 Jobs Report
MORTON GROVE – TMA longtime member Sko-Die in Morton Grove Illinois is proud of their team members upgrading their skills at TMA’s training center in nearby Schaumburg. Patrick Steininger is Sko-Die’s third- generation owner. Recently, ...
Legal opinions are starting to come in as to how employers in states that allow medicinal cannabis may choose to handle the new challenges the situation brings. From in a piece titled “Staying Ahead of ...
Optimism among manufacturers nationwide is at all-time highs, but manufacturers are not similarly hopeful about their futures in the state of Illinois. In 2015, 42% of Illinois state representatives had a cumulative score of 75 ...
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. ...
Up until six months ago, Illinois manufacturers were enjoying a newfound enthusiasm about their industry. For eight straight months, monthly surveys conducted by the Technology & Manufacturing Association showed their members expected the next 12 ...
During last week’s G20 Summit in Argentina, President Trump signed a trade agreement with the United States neighbors to the north and south. Now the legislatures of all three countries must approve the USMCA – ...
Sko-Die, the company Patrick Steininger’s grandfather Joseph Steininger started with two partners just after World War II, is thriving and “open for business” – the company motto. The Morton Grove-based custom metal stamper and manufacturer ...
Despite the flaming hot economy at the national level, the US Midwest continues the struggle to regain good paying manufacturing jobs. From 2000 to 2010, the states of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin ...
By Steve Cortes – Before you walk the walk, sometimes it’s best to talk the talk. For years, Donald Trump railed against the failed politicians whose bad trade deals stole jobs from American workers. Now ...
BY JOHN F. DI LEO – The United States has Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with 20 countries, ranging from enormous trading partners like Canada to tiny trading partners like Oman. For much of the year, ...
Follow Us on Social Media
join followers join followers