North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event heads to Orange County Convention Center in October 2024. FABTECH provides a convenient "one stop shop" venue where you can meet with world-class suppliers, see the latest industry products and developments, and find the tools to improve productivity, increase profits and discover new solutions to all of your metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing needs.
North America's Largest Metal Forming, Fabricating, Welding and Finishing Event
As many of you might know, Walmart has committed to spending $250 billion dollars over the next decade on U.S .made products. This effort will create thousands of manufacturing jobs, and will create new business for both existing and new Walmart suppliers. Read Post
The new GHS hazard communication recommendations will impact manufacturers, distributors, and users of welding consumables
Article prepared by the AWS Safety and Health Committee. Comments can be submitted to SHC Secretary Steve Hedrick (steveh@aws.org). Read Post
In early May, US domestic plate producers were successful in passing on a $1.00 cwt. ($22/mt or $20/nt) price increase to customers after upticks in US scrap prices made their way into the market. Read Post
Ivy Tech students welded on the LST-325 and gained some valuable experience outside of the lab.
By MELISSA GOMEZ
MELISSA GOMEZ is editorial assistant of the Welding Journal. Read Post
The skills gap in the manufacturing sector continues to be a hot topic in the news.
A recent article posted on the Monster blog describes how the modern resurgence of manufacturing is being held back by this major challenge for U.S. Read Post
Here at FABTECH, we’re always reading about the future of the manufacturing sector, following the latest trends and anticipating the next horizon.
So we were very interested in a recent Forbes article in which Bob McCutcheon, US Industrial Products Leader at Price Waterhouse Cooper, told reporter Rakesh Sharma that 3-D printing could be what reshapes manufacturing in America. Read Post
An interesting Wall Street Journal article published this week opens by telling readers that “manufacturing in the U.S. is starting to make a comeback, and is poised for even bigger gains in the years ahead.”
Quickly, though, the article points out that this statement is only half of the story – the side of manufacturing sector optimists. Read Post
Good news for the U.S. manufacturing sector came this week in the form of Markit’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (“PMI”). According to a Financial Times article, the new data showed output rising at the fastest pace in three years increasing to 56.2 in May from 55.4 in April! Read Post
A recently released study from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) compared manufacturing costs and production across most of the world’s major economies and it found a compelling truth: the US has made siginificant gains in competitiveness over the past decade. Read Post
North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event heads to Orange County Convention Center in October 2024. FABTECH provides a convenient "one stop shop" venue where you can meet with world-class suppliers, see the latest industry products and developments, and find the tools to improve productivity, increase profits and discover new solutions to all of your metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing needs.