American automobile manufacturing traces its humble roots back to a man named Henry Ford. It was Ford who introduced the assembly line, increasing productivity and efficiency in an attempt to make the automobile affordable to the average citizen. Since the early 1900s, Ford Motor Company has been a pillar of American manufacturing, giving us the
Between the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing trade wars being waged by the Trump administration via tariffs, the importance of manufacturing in the United States has once again taken center stage. To keep up with domestic demand for things like high-tech semiconductors, it’s more important than ever that as many things
Are you still digging out from the snow and ice that swept across the country over the weekend? If you live east of the Mississippi River, then the answer is probably a resounding “Yes!” From the Midwest and Northeast to wide swaths of the Southeast, Winter Storm Fern wreaked havoc across dozens of states. Unfortunately,
If you grew up in the late 1900s, you may be familiar with a popular cartoon called The Jetsons. This futuristic Saturday morning staple promised flying cars, robot butlers, and whole host of amazing technologies that would help people live a life of leisure. Of course, a quarter of the way through the twenty-first century
Amidst the confusion caused by the Trump administration’s on-again, off-again tariffs and increasingly-isolationist trade policies, manufacturing in America has once again been pushed into the spotlight. An overwhelming majority of Americans believe more manufacturing jobs would be a good thing. Unfortunately, not nearly as many people seem willing to work those jobs. Perhaps some of
To view a multimedia presentation of this article, please click here. It’s the basis of modern industry, and the building block for virtually all industrial applications: electrical skills. But without the continued honing of these skills, our technologically-reliant society could face a critical juncture that might affect future growth. For the past two years, leaders
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