THE GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL ARMS RACE IS JUST WHAT WE NEED / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The global industrial arms race is just what we need Manufacturing is undergoing a revival around the world, sending several secular trends ...

A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE: BATTERY-MAKERS ARE POWERING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY / THE ECONOMIST

A virtuous circle Battery-makers are powering a circular economy “Gigafactories” are being designed to recycle raw materials Manufacturing i...

COVID-19 COULD CAUSE A MANUFACTURING RENAISSANCE / CASEY DAILY DISPATCH

COVID-19 Could Cause a Manufacturing Renaissance By Jeff Brown, editor, The Bleeding Edge The world spent the last three decades focuse...

FACTORIES CUT OUTPUT, JOBS AS CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN BITES / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Factories Cut Output, Jobs as Coronavirus Lockdown Bites A series of business surveys paint an almost uniform picture of sharply declining...

EVEN THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO IS PRETTY GRIM / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

Even The Best-Case Scenario Is Pretty Grim by John Rubino Let’s say President Trump is right about the coronavirus “miraculously” fadi...

TATA TO THE RESCUE: JAGUAR LAND ROVER IS IN A HOLE MOSTLY OF ITS OWN MAKING / THE ECONOMIST

Tata to the rescue Jaguar Land Rover is in a hole mostly of its own making But the maker of upmarket SUVs looks fixable RANGE ROVERS...

GLOBAL MANUFACTURING HAS STALLED / YAHOO FINANCE

Global manufacturing has stalled New survey data compiled by JPMorgan and Markit show global manufacturing activity is not looking great....

THE FUTURE OF FACTORY ASIA : A TIGHTENING GRIP / THE ECONOMIST

The future of Factory Asia A tightening grip Rising Chinese wages will only strengthen Asia’s hold on manufacturing Mar 14th 2015 JIA...

GLOBAL MANUFACTURING : MADE IN CHINA ? / THE ECONOMIST

Global manufacturing Made in China? Asia’s dominance in manufacturing will endure. That will make development harder for others Mar 14...

COMPANIES TIPTOE BACK TOWARD "MADE IN THE U.S.A." / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Business Companies Tiptoe Back Toward ‘Made in the U.S.A.’ For years, the U.S. has ceded more and more of its manufacturing to low-cost ...

SLOWDOWN IN CHINA BRUISES ECONOMY IN LATIN AMERICA / THE NEW YORK TIMES

Slowdown in China Bruises Economy in Latin America Eduardo Porter DEC. 16, 2014 . An open-pit mine in the Andes mountain range nea...