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Are Robots Really a Threat to Jobs?

For those concerned with bringing home manufacturing jobs that have moved from the United States to China, robots and other industrial automation tools represent a beacon of hope and ...Full Article

Reshoring Into American Eco-Industrial Clusters

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/reshoring.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="76" />As the reshoring trend is gaining strength, it is important to evaluate innovative, alternative solutions to the past industrial models. Otherwise, it ...Full Article

Obama’s Take on the State of Manufacturing

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/obamasotu.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />In his State of the Union Address Tuesday night, President Obama announced that he plans to use his executive powers to launch ...Full Article

Changing Tides in IT Outsourcing

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/economy.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="65" />While outsourcing in the manufacturing sector sends sparks flying among politicians, IT outsourcing for services such as cloud is booming without so ...Full Article

Huge Loss of U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Triggered by China Trade Decision

<div><img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/ChineseFactoryWorkers3_3.jpg" alt="" width="72" height="95" />A National Bureau of Economic Research working paper issued in December claims the sharp drop in U.S. manufacturing jobs from 2000 to ...Full Article

Shipping Outsourced Jobs Back Home

<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/AppliancePark.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="67" />When General Electric's Appliance Park was first conceived, more than likely its designers hoped it would be the embodiment of American ingenuity and prosperity. ...Full Article

The Move to Bring Manufacturing Back to America

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/482478057_MADE_IN_AMERICA_Stamp_xlarge.gif" alt="" width="95" height="95" />CEOs like Andrew Liveris of Dow Chemical and Jeffrey Immelt of GE, as well as Harry Moser, head of the Reshoring Initiative, ...Full Article

Globalization and the Changing Face of Manufacturing

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/earth_with_white_background.jpg" alt="earth" width="95" height="95" />When it comes to the state of manufacturing in the US, Mike Newkirk likes to quote hockey great Wayne Gretzky who said, ...Full Article

Wake Up, Manufacturing, You’re Late

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_UofManufacturing.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="70" />Did you know that most stuff is manufactured? I didn’t! I thought most stuff springs, fully formed, into packages, and materializes on ...Full Article

A Labor Day Look at Automation’s Impact

What happens to the workers when companies can do more with less?Full Article