manufacturing

Auto Factories Add Production, Skip Summer Shutdowns

Companies are adding production, limiting downtime to meet rising demand.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/22

Automation Alley Welcomes 23 New Members In April

Automation Alley, Michigan’s largest technology business association, announces that 23 new members joined the organization in April.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/05

Pratt & Miller Engineering Web Site Launch

Pratt & Miller Engineering has launched an updated and redesigned company Web site at http://www.prattmiller.com.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/04/21

SuperiorControls Helps Factories Bring Jobs Back To U.S.

Plymouth-based SuperiorControls says it is helping to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States through turn-key installation of portable assembly lines.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/02/27

Event Notices From November 27

The latest event and meeting notices from Michigan’s technology-focused companies, institutions and groups.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/11/27

Barack Obama (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

Opinion: Auto Manufacturing Is Back In America. Obama Was Right, Romney Was Wrong.

Auto manufacturing is back in America – especially in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania because President Obama made the politically risky decision to bailout the auto industry after bailing out the banks. It was a decision that worked. Obama was right, Romney was wrong. So Romney is now in full lying mode. He is trying to retroactively re-write the wrongs in his writings.

2012/10/29

A shuttered Saturn dealership (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Opinion: The Auto Bailout Wasn’t A Safe Financial Deal For America

Yes, it’s great that all turned out well for the auto workers, but it is absolutely horrendous to know that the American taxpayers via President Obama’s actions could have been left standing for billions of dollars – and still might.

2012/10/29

Global Tool Builder Expands In Macomb County, Adding New Jobs

Macomb County Executive Mark A. Hackel will attend an expansion celebration for Fori Automation Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. at Fori’s offices, 50955 Wing Drive in Shelby Township.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/10/08

Pete Hoekstra - Debbie Stabenow (Getty Images)

Stabenow Focuses On Agriculture, Bipartisanship

Barely a month before the election, Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow is keeping Republican opponent Pete Hoekstra at arm’s length while focusing on issues such as farming and manufacturing that appeal to voters across the Michigan political spectrum.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/10/07

A closed factory in a working class neighborhood (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Opinion: Romney Talks Tough On China But Romney And Bain Bought Chinese Factory

Mitt Romney and Bain Capital purchased a factory in China that took on the demand from outsourcing from other US companies. So they profited by increasing profits from companies they owned by shipping jobs overseas and they profited from other companies shipping jobs overseas by doing the work that used to be done in cities and towns across America.

2012/09/17

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