State considers offering computing center to businesses
By Marie Szaniszlo | The Boston Herald | June 19, 2013 Massachusetts is considering allowing small manufacturers to use computers at the Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke to help make...
View ArticleMassEcon – Barry Bluestone on Manufacturing in MA: Video Presentation
MassEcon’s 2013 Annual Conference titled “Manufacturing- What’s New, What’s Next?” featured manufacturing expert Barry Bluestone as moderator.View Barry’s presentation via the link below....
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GoLocalWorcester.com – Worcester Chamber Gets Behind Local Manufacturing –...
Paige Pihl Buckley | GoLocalWorcester.com Tim Murray is the President and CEO of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce. The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce announced a new Manufacturing...
View ArticleCBS Boston – WBZ Business Breakfast – Made In Massachusetts: Creating Jobs In...
BOSTON (CBS) – In the latest installment of the WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Business Breakfast series, WBZ’s New England Business Editor and PM Drive News Anchor, Anthony Silva joined with a panel of...
View ArticlePBS Newshour – Rosier-than-expected jobs report doesn’t improve outlook for...
SUMMARY The November jobs report boasted positive momentum, including gains in manufacturing and construction sectors. But economics correspondent Paul Solman reports that a high level of long-term...
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The Boston Globe – Workers’ skills aren’t matching available jobs – 12/17/13
Unemployment remains vexingly high despite a slew of job openings. The reason? Workers often lack skills the new positions demand. By Jay Fitzgerald | December 15, 2013 The Massachusetts unemployment...
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Minnesota Public Radio – Is it getting easier to find products made in the...
Economy Is it getting easier to find products made in the U.S.? Michael Olson A welder at work in Park Tool’s HQ near St Paul, Minn. (File/Molly Bloom/MPR News)“Since 2010, U.S. manufacturers have...
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MPR – Manufacturing 2.0: Old Industry Creating New High-Tech Jobs – 12/26/13
Chris Arnold · NPR · Dec 26, 2013 Unlike the smoky, eardrum-damaging factories of yesterday, today’s manufacturing is going high-tech. That can mean more robots and automated machines than workers....
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The Republican – Outlook 2014: Which way is the Massachusetts economy...
By CHRISTOPHER P. GEEHERN 5-14-13 – West Springfield- Republican staff photo by Don Treeger- The EASTEC manufacturing trade show is underway on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition. Here,...
View ArticleSiemens offers $660 million to help narrow skills gap – 4/16/14
By Shirley Leung It’s not your father’s factory anymore, and that’s the problem facing manufacturers in the US. Enter Siemens, the global industrial giant, which is donating nearly $660 million in...
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