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A pair of key reports for manufacturers show manufacturing job growth is accelerating. The monthly jobs report for March, released April 1 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed that manufacturing hired approximately 38,000 new ...
Last year was a banner year for sellers of manufacturing technology. According to a February 14 report from the Association for Manufacturing Technology, technology orders from manufacturers broke $5.9 billion last year, the highest year ...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and shutdowns were ordered in the state of Illinois, the state’s manufacturing sector held its breath. But only for a second. Within days, if not hours, of Governor Pritzker’s first ...
SCHAUMBURG – The Technology & Manufacturing Association is once again celebrating Manufacturing Month during October. Last year, the association shared live tours of Chicago area manufacturers with interested high school students via Facebook. Before that, ...
The Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC) partnered with the Technology & Manufacturing Association and other state manufacturing groups in a joint effort to survey their members as to how they were handling the pandemic demands ...
When TMA asked members in July what their primary pain points were, their responses were the following: “International logistics and inflation.” “Supply chain and costs.” “Supply chain issues.” “Access to needed materials.” “Decreased availability of ...
Results from TMA’s 2021 Municipal Candidate Questionnaires The Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) today released the results from their 2021 Municipal Questionnaires. In total, 28 mayoral candidates from throughout Chicagoland completed and returned questionnaires. “Our ...
If only Illinois manufacturers 100 years ago could have traveled in time to see what their industry descendants would be making every day in their shops. They most certainly would have returned to the 1900s ...
Kent Gladish, Vice President of TMA’s Member Development, explained recently how valuable and widely used TMA’s CMS-SIG network is to TMA members: More on the CMS-SIG HERE
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