Wall Street Journal Alexandra Berzon reported Wednesday that “Federal penalties for workplace-safety violations were increased this week for the first time since 1990, thanks to a little-noticed provision of the budget bill signed into law by President Barack Obama.” “Workplace-safety experts said that they were caught by surprise by the new mandate, which they say…
Some critical thinking about the unemployment rate here in the US reframed by John LaPine into an imaginary discussion between Abbott and Costello.
The October PMI is the lowest reading since May 2013, when the PMI also registered 50.1 percent. PMPA’s September Business Trends Report Sales Index correlates nicely to the ISM PMI estimate for GDP for 2015. PMPA’s index grew 3.3% for year to date while ISM indicates 2.8% growth in US GDP.
Does your congressman understand the value of Manufacturing? Why don’t you invite them to visit your shop to see for them self the value and jobs that your and your team create in your shop?
Why not make your shop sustainable by actually having a 4 point process to get there by solving problems first, solving them for good, getting to lowest cost per compliant part produced, and eliminating unplanned downtime by actually planning for it?
There is more than one way to assure machine guarding, Using a door interlock in conjunction with a Logan Clutch is a possibility with additional benefits.
PMPA is pleased to announce that we have appointed Bernie Nagle to assume the Executive Director role for PMPA.
Over 94 million Americans were Not in the workforce this Labor Day.
I will not be celebrating Labor Day this year. But you can bet that I will be appreciative of the crafts-men and -women that make our modern lives possible because they own, and have mastered their craft.
At 51.1% the August PMI came in below the anticipated value of 52.8%.
The numbers indicate growth, but the change indicates that in the manufacturing sector growth is slowing, and new orders and exports in particular are vulnerable.