“It’s probably no surprise to anybody that workforce is the No. 1 concern that came out of our survey,” Tennessee Manufacturers Association (TMA) Director Denise Rice recently told a Kingsport Chamber of Commerce roundtable discussion. “We anticipate a labor gap. … every plant tour I go to, this is the No. 1 issue.”
Arconic Funding Global Manufacturing Education
The manufacturer of lightweight metals, through its foundation’s Advanced Manufacturing Education Grant Program, will provide funding over the next two years to academic and training institutions in the U.S., Germany, Hungary, and the United Kingdom aim to educate 375 students through these grant programs.
WestRock to Buy Five Manufacturing Plants for $192M
WestRock will acquire five corrugated converting facilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana from U.S. Corrugated, through which it provides a comprehensive suite of products and services to customers in a variety of end markets, including food & beverage, pharmaceuticals and consumer electronics. WestRock will not acquire U.S. Corrugated’s facilities in California, Georgia, and in Ashland, Ohio, nor its affiliates in New Jersey and Tennessee.
Manufacturers Rolling Up Their Sleeves to Work with Trump Administration, Congress to Strengthen NAFTA
Manufacturers are rolling up their sleeves to identify ways to modernize the 23-year-old NAFTA so the United States can be competitive in today’s global economy. The jobs of 2 million American manufacturing workers depend on trade with Canada and Mexico today. It’s most important that we protect those jobs and use this opportunity to create more.
Manufacturing Industry Critical to Economic Prosperity: Deloitte Survey of U.S. Public
Manufacturers in Energy Supply Chain Cheer Executive Order
A recent poll conducted on Election Day found that 80 percent of Americans support increased production of oil and natural gas resources located here in the United States. Analysis has found that opening areas in the Atlantic, Pacific and Eastern Gulf of Mexico could unlock as much as 3.5 billion barrels of oil, which translates into 840,000 jobs and roughly $70 billion in economic growth per year.
Regional education, training site planned for Cleveland
“I don't know anybody else doing anything exactly like this.”Denise Rice, Tennessee Manufacturers Association
CLEVELAND, Tenn — Bradley County officials are moving ahead with plans to reuse an old factory for an education, job training and retail site which some say is unlike anything in Tennessee.
Plans are to turn the 290,000-square-foot former American Uniform Co. plant off North Parker Street into a regional site where local companies can set up production to train workers, said Denise Rice, who directs the Tennessee Manufacturers Association.
"This idea is to bring industry to the school," said Rice, whose group is working with Bradley education and business leaders, some of which toured the sprawling 13-acre tract last week. "I don't know anybody else doing anything exactly like this."
Manufacturing Jobs Increase for Fourth Straight Month
Congress, Administration Listen to Manufacturers and Roll Back “Blacklisting Rule”
Congress and the president have lifted a regulatory burden from manufacturers, empowering us to do what matters: create jobs and invest in our communities. Manufacturers were bogged down with a record number of regulations during the previous administration, and the blacklisting rule was one of the biggest threats to manufacturers’ ability to compete and create jobs.
President Trump Hits the Reset Button on Auto Emissions Rule
Manufacturers are encouraged to see the Trump administration commit to a review of these regulations using the best available data,” said NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons. “You cannot overstate how important it is to get CAFE standards correct. It is the right thing to do—not only for automobile manufacturers and their manufacturing supply chains but also for consumers and American families.
