“The biggest compliment is when my colleagues say, ‘I want my son to work here.’”  For Shiv Sivakumar (Siv a ku’ mar), who emigrated to America from India when he was 23 years old, hearing comments like that about the

By John F. Di Leo – When the mainstream media try to report on the economy, they always focus on the easy stuff: stock market fluctuations, the price of crude oil, the Federal Reserve’s latest move, unemployment rates. In the world of manufacturing, we

By John F. Di Leo – Trade fraud hit the headlines on Tuesday, July 14, when a joint press conference headed by the U.S. Department of Justice was held in the Chicago suburb of Bensenville, Illinois, announcing that the federal Trade Fraud Task Force has reached $1 billion in fines,

NEWS Metal Formers Forecast Stable Economic Activity, Shipping Levels Remain Steady Metal formers expect stable economic activity for the next 3 mo., according to the PMA’s May 2026 Business Conditions Report. The report shows that 64% of manufacturers surveyed expect