Category: Manufacturers Making a Difference

⏱ Reading Time: 4 minutes   Manufacturing Day was established in 2012 to address both the skills gap and misconceptions about modern manufacturing. There is universal agreement this is a valuable and important effort. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 500,000 manufacturing jobs remain unfilled month over month, year over year. The projections are this situation will...

⏱ Reading Time: < 1 minutes Manufacturers Who Are a Great Example to Others In Their Industry In our Manufacturing High-Five series, we like to give a shout out to manufacturers who are a great example to others in the areas of philanthropy, social media, or web development. This month, we’re highlighting Xometry, a Maryland based tech and software company working...

⏱ Reading Time: 2 minutes Empowering the Next Generation of Skilled Machinists In our Manufacturing High-Five Series, we like to give a shout out to manufacturers who are a great example to others in the areas of philanthropy, social media, web development, and education. This month's featured company is Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. in Rockford, IL-a precision machine tool...

⏱ Reading Time: < 1 minutes In our Manufacturing High-Five series, we like to give a shout out to manufacturers who are a great example to others in the areas of philanthropy, social media or web development. This month we’re highlighting a 130-year-old manufacturer of plumbing products, Prier, located in Grandview, MO. This company is a shining example of how corporations...