On Wednesday, July 9 Governance Studies hosted the 3rd annual John White, Jr. Forum on Public Policy. The topic was Regional Manufacturing Hubs in the US, and we heard from a number of different experts. As noted in a recent White House ...
Tags: Governance, Electrical, Electronics
It’s been said that high-tech manufacturing is experiencing a renaissance, and the US is getting ready to retool its supply chains to compete globally. However, we haven’t been able to give our workforce the skills to fill ...
Tags: CNC machines, control machines
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announces it has selected the Los Angeles Conservation Corps (LACC) in Los Angeles, Calif. to receive a $200,000 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grant to provide ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Service
Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and The Coca-Cola Foundation today announced a call for applications for the 2014 Coca-Cola/KAB Recycling Bin Grant Program, a program designed to expand and support recycling in communities across America. ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, 2014 Grant Program
Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that InterFlex Acquisition Company, LLC will be expanding its operations in Wilkes County. The company plans to create 63 new jobs and invest more than ...
Tags: Packaging Company, Wilkes County
Natural Blend Vegetable Dehydration is set to open a manufacturing facility in Pitt County, North Carolina, US with an investment of more than $12m over the next three years. The move is expected to create up to 57 jobs. Being ...
RC Creations, a US-based seafood company, is set to construct a new facility in Pender County, North Carolina, with an investment of over $25m by the end of 2017. The plant will feature state of the art technologies to meet the current ...
Tags: Seafood Facility, RC Creations
The U.S. skills shortage will be far less of a problem than many people believe in the short term, and it is unlikely to prevent a resurgence in U.S. manufacturing in the next few years, according to a report by The Boston Consulting Group ...
The U.S. skills shortage will be far less of a problem than many people believe in the short term, and it is unlikely to prevent a resurgence in U.S. manufacturing in the next few years, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting ...
Food packaging company Pactiv is all set to expand manufacturing facilities in Lenoir and Iredell counties with an investment of more than $9m in Kinston and Mooresville in North Carolina, US. Pactiv president and CEO John McGrath said, ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Food packaging
Food processing company Wright Foods has announced plans to invest $53m over the next five years in a bid to expand its food processing and packaging operation in Troy, North Carolina, US. The company uses aseptic processing technology ...
SoloPower Inc of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes thin-film copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaic (PV) cells and lightweight flexible solar modules using a proprietary roll-to-roll electro-deposition process, says that an ...
Tags: SoloPower CIGS, Electrical, Electronics
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that state’s three new Advanced Manufacturing Centers at community colleges across Connecticut will receive $7,325,000 in funding for facility and equipment upgrades that will ...
The Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program (EVITP) and the National Electrical Trade Council (NETCO)—the joint training arm of the Canadian Electrical Contractors Association (CECA) and IBEW, 1st District, ...
Tags: Electric Vehicle, Transportation
The Obama Administration recently announced that it is launching competitions to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes with a Federal commitment of $200 million across five Federal agencies – Defense, Energy, Commerce, ...