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NAM: Patent Reform Bill Key to Jobs and Competitiveness

NAM: Patent Reform Bill Key to Jobs and Competitiveness

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Senior Vice President for Policy and Government Relations Aric Newhouse issued this statement today on H.R...

NAM: Administration’s About-Face on Job-Killing Ozone Standard Offers Glimmer of Hope,...

NAM: Administration’s About-Face on Job-Killing Ozone Standard Offers Glimmer of Hope, But Manufacturers Face Barrage of Regulations

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) President and CEO Jay Timmons issued this statement today following President Obama’s request that the Env...

AIA, IAM&AW Oppose Cuts to Aerospace and Defense

AIA, IAM&AW Oppose Cuts to Aerospace and Defense

The International Association of Machinists and the Aerospace Industries Association sent a letter to President Obama Sept. 1 urging him to preserve t...

AAPA Urges Deficit Reduction Committee to Consider U.S. Ports

AAPA Urges Deficit Reduction Committee to Consider U.S. Ports

In a letter yesterday to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) President and CEO Kurt Nagle...

NAM: Keystone XL Pipeline Environmental Study a Positive Step Forward

NAM: Keystone XL Pipeline Environmental Study a Positive Step Forward

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Vice President for Energy and Resources Policy Chip Yost issued this statement on the State Department’s f...

NAIOP Forecast: Industrial Space Demand

NAIOP Forecast: Industrial Space Demand

The NAIOP Research Foundation today released the Industrial Space Demand Forecast, the third forecast from a model that analyzes important economic fa...

AMT: Manufacturing Technology Orders up 103.9% From June 2010

AMT: Manufacturing Technology Orders up 103.9% From June 2010

June U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $459.39 million according to AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology and AMTDA, the Ameri...

Logistics: ‘Inland Port’ Space in Demand, According to Jones Lang LaSalle

Logistics: ‘Inland Port’ Space in Demand, According to Jones Lang LaSalle

As global trade volumes rise, inland ports are becoming a critical component in the global supply chain, says a recent report by Jones Lang LaSalle. I...

AIA: Our Nation’s Fiscal Crisis Must Be Addressed

AIA: Our Nation’s Fiscal Crisis Must Be Addressed

America’s business leaders have watched patiently as our political leaders have sought to negotiate a solution to the growing fiscal challenge facing ...

Leading Plastics Associations in Canada and the U.S. Announce North American Plastics...

Leading Plastics Associations in Canada and the U.S. Announce North American Plastics Alliance

The three major trade associations for the plastics industry in the U.S. and Canada today announced plans to formalize existing collaboration on progr...