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manufacturing

Women in Manufacturing Education Foundation Announces 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees

The Women in Manufacturing Education Foundation (WiMEF) is pleased to announce the 10 prestigious women leaders who comprise the 2023 class of Women i...

tourism

NC: North Carolina Brought in Record Visitor Spending in 2022

North Carolina set a record for visitor spending in 2022, according to county-level data released recently by the North Carolina Department of Commerc...

business

LA: Louisiana Launches Innovation Retention Grant Program Offering Support for Small Businesses

LED has launched a new program that encourages research-focused start-ups to keep their businesses rooted in Louisiana by making supplementary state f...

bio health

WI: Wisconsin Establishes Consortium of 15 Public and Private Partners to Expand Lead in Biohealth

A consortium of 15 public and private partners has been formed to advance an economic development strategy aimed at bolstering Wisconsin’s leadership ...

employees

Zety Survey Finds 4 Out of 5 Workers Feel Taken for Granted by Their Manager

Zety, a leading career service, surveyed over 1,000 U.S.-based workers on July 5, 2023 and found that 79% agreed that they feel taken for granted by t...

ports

TX: Port Houston to Host 2nd Annual Houston International Maritime Conference Oct. 30-Nov. 1

Leveraging its position as a Top 5 Container Port in the U.S., Port Houston will host its 2nd annual Houston International Maritime Conference (HIMC23...

workforce

AL: International Investment Speeds Job Growth in Alabama, Analysis Shows

Job creation tied to international investment in Alabama has been rapidly outpacing the state’s general employment growth rate, according to a report ...

plastics

Report: U.S. Should Expand, Standardize Plastics Collection and Recycling, Study Uses in Infrastructure

It is in society’s economic and environmental interests to expand and standardize plastics waste collection, increase recycling, and explore new appli...

agriculture

AEM Report: Tractor Sales Growth Softens in U.S., Canada in July

Self-propelled combine sales continued to increase in the U.S., while total farm tractor unit sales in the U.S. and Canada declined in July, according...

technology

Semiconductor Slump Challenges Global Manufacturing Growth; A Weak 2024 Beckons

Interact Analysis’ recent update to its manufacturing industry output tracker report shows that China continues to prop up the manufacturing economy d...