In The News: Manufacturing & Processing

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Foreign manufacturers bringing jobs to U.S.

USA TODAY May 20, 03:31 AM

For decades, U.S. manufacturers fled the country for China to drive down labor costs, then shipped products halfway around the world to sell to Americans, costing the U.S. millions of jobs. Now, some foreign manufacturers are turning that offshoring trend on its head. In 2011, British-based Rolls-Royce...

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Oil falls below $93 as China manufacturing weakens

Associated Press/AP Online May 23, 05:00 AM

By PAMELA SAMPSON BANGKOK - The price of oil fell below $93 per barrel Thursday after a survey showed manufacturing activity in China falling to its lowest level in seven months, a sign that the recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is fading. ...

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Obama proposes manufacturing initiatives

UPI May 09, 10:23 AM

The White House on Thursday announced two business-friendly initiatives to coordinate U.S. manufacturing and manage federal data helpful to job creation. The first plan calls for the creation of three new manufacturing "innovation institutes," with the aim of coordinating resources, including education, training and local infrastructure to...

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UT-ORNL hire advanced manufacturing expert as 11th Governor's Chair [News Sentinel]

News Sentinel May 08, 09:01 PM

KNOXVILLE -- The University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory hired the 11th joint Governor's Chair, an advanced manufacturing expert from Ohio State University. Sudarsanam Suresh Babu, a professor in the Welding Engineering Program in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has conducted research that...

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Tech hardware boom seen as manufacturing costs fall

Chicago Tribune May 03, 06:11 PM

May 03--Decreasing costs of manufacturing will lead to a mushrooming of IT hardware companies in the coming years, according to MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito. "That trend of software getting cheap to make is also happening with hardware with the manufacturing of items such as 3D...

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Manufacturing growth slows to a crawl

UPI May 01, 11:25 AM

U.S. manufacturing activity expanded in April but at a slower pace than March, a research firm reported Wednesday. "Business can be described as flat at best," said one respondent to the monthly Institute of Supply Management survey. The numbers reflect that statement. With 50...