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Numbers Don’t Lie—Demand is Driving Industry Growth

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According to the Wall Street Journal , trucking companies hired 6,700 workers in March 2018, giving that sector the strongest sector growth since 2012. In a Truckstop.com survey, 83% of respondents said they expected demand to increase over the next 6 months; that is a strong measure of confidence in the need for trucking capacity.

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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

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percent more than similar workers in the rest of the economy in 2012–2013. percent) in 2012–2013. This report uses a unique data set from the American Community Survey (ACS) to estimate the distribution of employment in each state and congressional district. On average, non-college-educated workers in manufacturing made 10.9

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Public Perception of & A Brief Timeline of Moments from the American Manufacturing Industry

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2012: The Rise of Robotics Use in Manufacturing. Our recent survey of the American public’s opinion on manufacturing reveals that throughout one of the most turbulent periods in US economic history, they have maintained remarkably consistent views, year after year, on the importance of manufacturing. Click for Bigger Graphic.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

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This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. Skills Shortages. skilled production workers. researchers. machinists. scientists.

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5 Future Applications of the Industrial Internet of Things in Manufacturing & Logistics

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In a 2012 survey by Forrester and Zebra Consulting, reports Cigniti Technologies , only 15 percent of manufacturers had implemented at least one Industrial Internet of Things solution. Previous Applications of the Industrial Internet of Things in Manufacturing. However, this mindset has changed.

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Reshoring in America: The Future Outlook, Current Hindrances & Issues, and Ways to Stimulate Reshoring

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Nexant conducted a survey of the plastics industry , in collaboration with Plastics News , to understand reshoring trends and the effect on the North American market. Nexant received about 200 survey responses from compounders, fabricators, equipment suppliers and toolers. Most of them, however, never left our shores.