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    F11photo | Dreamstime
    The Liberty Bell, Philadelphia.
    Natalie Schorr | Dreamstime
    U.S. Steel signage, Edgar Thomson Works, Braddock, Penn.
    Thossaphol Somsri | Dreamstime
    Gas turbine-powered electric utility plant.
    Smoczyslaw | Dreamstime
    Copper wire in an electric motor assembly.
    Pennsylvania State University
    Concept for AM-produced shape-memory-alloy (SMA) radiator .
    Ilja Enger Tsizikov | Dreamstime
    Transmission towers and electrical substation, at sunset.

    Highlights

    Nataliya Hora | Dreamstime
    Manufacturing automotive parts.
    June 23, 2025
    Tariffs are promoting employment and influencing manufacturers’ investment strategies, according to the Reshoring Initiative, but U.S. manufacturing costs and skilled worker shortages...
    Andrey Popov | Dreamstime
    Illustrated digital human hand and businessman, arm wrestling.
    June 3, 2025
    Hidden within the argument over tariffs is an impasse about the role of workers: Are they an unfortunate cost of doing business? Or resources to be developed, and compensated ...
    Pratt & Whitney
    Engine assembly at Pratt & Whitney in Middletown, Conn.
    May 29, 2025
    The jet-engine builder and representatives of about 3,000 workers are set to renew negotiations this week in an effort to resolve a three-week work-stoppage.
    U.S. Steel
    U.S. Steel Gary, Ind. Works
    May 28, 2025
    Trump reverses, endorses an arrangement that will draw necessary capital to USS and preserve a Pittsburgh-based management of the organization.
    Pratt & Whitney
    Pratt & Whitney Middletown, Conn., GTF engine assembly.
    May 27, 2025
    Union members are due to vote on a second a second proposal to end their three-week strike at two Connecticut jet-engine plants.
    Sarginsons Industries
    Sarginsons Industries optimized part
    April 10, 2025
    An aluminum diecasting foundry is using Artificial Intelligence-based software to show how automotive castings can be made even lighter.
    Francesco Scatena | Dreamstime
    Factory gate closed with padlock.
    April 10, 2025
    Work will be transferred to the group’s other foundries and the operation will be discontinued, affecting 160 workers.
    Siwakorn Klomwinyarn | Dreamstime
    Worker operating barcode scanner.
    April 8, 2025
    For manufacturers, shifting from transactions to subscription is a big change that requires a lot of planning, but the payoff may be worthwhile.
    Ronald Lane | Dreamstime
    Atlanta, Georgia, skyline at night.
    April 4, 2025
    Foundry and diecasting professionals gather to inquire, discuss, engage, and explore new developments.