Manufacturing

More than 250 students from New York state high schools, grades 10 to 12, attended the Oct. 6 event.

Study highlights top industries, positions and states for manufacturing employment.

Provider of electronic test tools and software acquires SaaS CMMS developer.

Including the downstream sales chain, manufacturing accounts for an estimated 33% of GDP and 33% of employment.

Following the first decline in months, manufacturing activity in September bounced back.

The peer-reviewed awards recognize facilities for projects or programs that improve sustainability efforts in food, beverage or consumer product manufacturing operations, focusing on pollution prevention, compliance assurance and environmental protection.

Global demand for materials handling equipment forecast to rise 5.3% per year, spurred by new demand in China and developing countries.

Acqusition to expand Pregis's North American product portfolio to include a complete line of paper void fill, cushioning and block/brace solutions.

2015 new business volume in materials handling segment hold level with 2014.

The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure growth, was 49.4 in August, which was down 3.2% compared to July for its first decline going back to February’s 49.5. August’s PMI is 0.8% below the 12-month average of 50.2. And the ISM said that the over all economy expanded in July for the 87th month in a row, despite the PMI’s decline in August.

With 400 exhibitors, the show is already three times its size in 2015.

Market for automated guided vehicles expected to grow at the highest CAGR between 2016 and 2022.

Fifth major acquisition in seven years for B2B Industrial Packaging.

Old corrugated container recovery rate reached record-high 92.9% in 2015.

Food and consumer goods industries ordered 41% more robots than the same period in 2015.