Skills Gap, Small Town America's Newest Product: Advanced Manufacturing, Made in USA, American Made, Factory Jobs, AI, Artificial Intelligence
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Will The Skills Gap Impact Advanced Manufacturing In Small Town USA?

Most of us, regardless of our age, have heard the song popularized by Sophie Tucker and Eddie Cantor after World War I: “How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm (After They’ve Seen Paree?).” According to Wikipedia, “The lyrics highlight…
Why We Desperately Need To Bring Back Vocational Training In Schools
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Why We Desperately Need To Bring Back Vocational Training In Schools

Throughout most of U.S. history, American high school students were routinely taught vocational and job-ready skills along with the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. Indeed readers of a certain age are likely to have fond memories…
Softwear Automation, Sewbots Are Coming To A Closet Near You
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What Do Sewbots And Your Wardrobe Have in Common?

Softwear Automation, in collaboration with Georgia Tech, continues to work on technology that will allow robots, referred to as sewbots, to manipulate fabrics through traditional sewing machines to create clothing. According to the United…
Business Booming for Scranton-Based Solar Company
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Business Booming for Scranton-Based Solar Company

A homegrown way to harness the sun’s energy is gaining traction. We first told you about a new solar technology developed by an inventor from Scranton more than a year ago. Something different is breaking up the landscape at Woodland Stables…
America's abandoned factories in hot demand
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America’s Abandoned Factories Are In Hot Demand

There's a love affair happening with an unlikely type of real estate: America's empty factories and warehouses. Vacant commercial spaces/factories are in high demand as both startups and multinationals look for facilities to house their U.S.…
Made In America: $75 Million Grant Helps Students Gain Technical Skills Employers Need
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Made In America: $75 Million Grant Helps Students Gain Technical Skills Employers Need

When you back up a commitment with $75 million, people tend to pay attention. I’m certainly paying attention to New Skills for Youth (NSFY), the $75 million grant initiative sponsored by JPMorgan Chase to change the way we approach career…
Look Out China, US Manufacturing is Headed for No. 1
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Look Out China, US Manufacturing is Headed for No. 1

Advanced manufacturing technologies are helping to push the United States back toward being the most competitive manufacturing nation in the world, according to a new survey of global CEOs and other senior executives. While China is the world’s…
Does America Really Need Manufacturing?
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Does America Really Need Manufacturing?

Too many American companies base decisions about how to source manufacturing largely on narrow financial criteria, never taking into account the potential strategic value of domestic locations. Proposals for plants are treated like any other…
Think Manufacturing is Dead? Output doubled in 30 Years
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Think Manufacturing is Dead? Output doubled in 30 Years

The U.S. manufacturing sector doesn’t get any respect. Ask a random sample of people on the street and you’re likely to hear that America doesn’t make anything anymore, that China, Mexico and Vietnam took all of our factories, and that…
Channellock celebrates 130 years of American manufacturing and innovation
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Channellock Celebrates 130 Years of American Manufacturing and Innovation

MEADVILLE, PA. — Channellock Inc., a family- owned and -operated plier and hand tool manufacturer, celebrates its 130th anniversary this year.Though 13 decades have passed since George B. DeArment founded the company in 1886, Channellock has…