Topic: News

The report’s key metric, the PMI, dipped 0.4% to 51.7 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), following 0.7% and 2.5% declines in May and April, respectively. The index has seen growth for 34 consecutive months, with the over all economy now having grown for 122 consecutive months.

The RPA Board appointed Michael Wasson to the role of chairman following his service to the organization as vice chairman.

Grants will foster STEM learning programs to help develop future automotive, manufacturing workforce

Menasha Corporation’s 35 summer interns are part of a formal company intern program and they work at various company locations throughout North America over an 8-week period.

PMMI Scholarship awarded to students at two-year colleges

Investment will fund continued growth and research and development

According to the Motion Control & Motor Association, part of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), shipments were up 0.6% ($6 million) compared to the fourth quarter of 2018.

As part of the 55th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference, more than 6,500 outstanding career and technical education students will compete in hands-on competitions in over 100 various trade, technical and leadership fields.

The addition of STOCK significantly expands ProMach’s growing lineup of solutions for the retort room.

Pack Expo Las Vegas 2019 (Sept. 23–25; Las Vegas Convention Center) co-located with Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2019, will debut five brand-new reasons not to miss 2019’s largest and most comprehensive packaging event in the world.

This new paint scheme provides authorized dealers and their customers instant recognition and support for all of the philanthropic activities in which they engage.

A positive outlook for their business was registered by 79.8 percent of manufacturers in the second quarter, down from 89.5 percent in the first quarter.

With an estimated 3.9 percent CAGR, the market in the U.S. and Canada projects to achieve $44 billion.

Ottawa-based Shopify, a multi-channel commerce platform, said this week it has introduced a fulfillment network—the Shopify Fulfillment Network. Company officials said this network “will provide United States-based merchants with a network of distributed fulfillment centers, coupled with machine learning to ensure timely deliveries and lower shipping costs, putting their brand and customer experience front and center.”

The CMA partnered with Best Companies Group, an independent research firm specializing in identifying great places to work, to recognize the top 10 manufacturing associations that go above and beyond for their employees.

IFS-Acumatica agreement forms a global cloud ERP partnership.

Workshops to take place in five different cities across two countries.

CBRE reported that there is more than 255 million square-feet of warehouse space under construction, with 70.2% of it being speculative. What’s more, CBRE said that based on data issued by CBRE Econometric Advisors, going back to 2015, warehouse demand has outpaced new construction completions by 169 million square-feet, with rents up 19.2% over that same period.

Propane forklifts operate cleaner than both electric and gasoline options.

Fourth edition of show hosts biggest crowd to date