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The U.S. manufacturing industry employed 12.35 million people in December 2016 and 12.56 million in December 2017, an increase of 207,000 or 1.7%. [3] Historically, manufacturing has provided relatively well-paid blue-collar jobs, although this has been affected by globalization and automation.
The US manufacturing renaissance is coming up against the practical challenge of finding enough workers to make it happen. America's manufacturing boom is facing a labor crunch [Video] Skip to ...
Manufacturing activity could begin to expand as soon as April of this year, Bank of America strategists said in a recent note. The revival of America's manufacturing sector will be a major boost ...
Graph of US iron and steel production, 1900–2014, data from USGS. The US iron and steel industry has paralleled the industry in other countries in technological developments. In the 1800s, the US switched from charcoal to coke in ore smelting, adopted the Bessemer process, and saw the rise of very large integrated steel mills.
In 2023, the manufacturing industry in the United States accounted for 10.70% of the total national output, employing 8.41% of the workforce. The total value of manufacturing output reached $2.5 trillion. [66] [67] In 2023, Germany's manufacturing output reached $844.93 billion, marking a 12.25% increase from 2022. The sector employed ...
Manufacturing in the U.S. appears to be experiencing a slowdown. The Institute for Supply Management reported a manufacturing purchasing managers index reading of 49.1% for January, marking the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. manufacturing contracted for a third straight month in June as demand remained subdued, while a drop in a measure of prices paid by factories for inputs to a six-month ...
The following is a list of the world's largest manufacturing companies, ordered by revenue in millions of U.S. dollars according to the Fortune Global 500. Currently the 50 biggest companies by revenue are included.