Manufacturing Industry News




Recent Manufacturing Industry News Articles

How American Giant Hacked the Supply Chain

Here's a short video explaining how American Giant is cutting out the middlemen and leveraging the Web to deliver what its customers want.  Read more


Make Sure You're Not Running a Sweatshop

You treat your direct employees fairly (heck, they have great benefits!) but your suppliers or manufacturers abroad might be another story. Here's what you c...  Read more


Why Innovation Needs Academia

It's in style to dismiss business school, and higher education in general, as unnecessary. But our company wouldn't exist without it. Here's why.  Read more


7 Places Manufacturers Should Raise Capital

For American makers on the hunt, the landscape of funding is lean and treacherous. Here are some helpful ideas to take you to the next level.  Read more


To Innovate We Must Make

All around America there is frustration about a lack of innovation. Could the secret lie in rejuvenating manufacturing?  Read more


The Business of Night Patrol at the Newark Police Department

Here's a look at the companies that provide the uniforms, safety partitions, dispatch software, and handcuffs that make night patrol in Newark, Delaware, pos...  Read more


How I Reinvented My Business

Curt Richardson escaped a moribund industry by taking control of his company's product line and tapping into mobile technology trends.  Read more


America’s Fastest-Growing Manufacturing Company

Solazyme uses algae to create oils for use in food, fuel, and skin care products.  Read more


Solved! Hands-free Door Opening

Under pressure to create a start-up for class, University of Minnesota senior Max Arndt engineered a simple foot lever to free hands from germs. Meet the Toe...  Read more


Manufacturers and Retailers Rebounded in December

Two industries battered during the recent recession are showing signs of renewed vitality—and fueling an economic recovery, the Fed reports.  Read more