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2 weeks ago | 
knockinglive.com | Anna Smith
In today’s hyper-competitive digital landscape, automation is not optional, it is a necessity. For businesses looking to future-proof operations, improve ROI, and scale efficiently, Salesforce offers a robust suite of automation tools. These tools not only streamline internal workflows but also enhance customer experience, drive revenue, and reduce operational friction.
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2 weeks ago | 
industryweek.com | Anna Smith
IndustryWeek has previously reported on new plant announcements in the manufacturing sector. Last month, several new expansions caught our attention, so we have compiled a list of these facility announcements made in March. Mitsubishi Electric Power Products Inc. (MEPPI) in March broke ground on a new 160,000 square-foot switchgear factory in New Galilee, Pennsylvania. The $86 million facility is expected to create at least 200 new jobs in the Pittsburgh region.
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2 weeks ago | 
pharmaphorum.com | Anna Smith
Digital For Reuters Pharma Europe 2025, pharmaphorum is providing coverage courtesy of our friends at NAVLIN Daily, a fellow EVERSANA subsidiary. You can see the original post, along with more Market Access news, at NAVLIN Daily. In a fitting embodiment of its own themes, this year, Reuters Pharma Europe 2025 is offering an AI-generated summary of each session on its conference app. As someone familiar with the pharma conference circuit, this is the first offering of its kind that I have come...
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2 weeks ago | 
industryweek.com | Jill Jusko |Geert De Lombaerde |Anna Smith |Laura Putre
Editor’s note: Welcome to So That Happened, our editors’ takes on things going on in the manufacturing world that deserve some extra attention. This will appear regularly in the Member’s Only section of the site. Guess who is celebrating a centennial in 2025? It's Caterpillar Inc., which officially turns 100 on April 15.
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3 weeks ago | 
industryweek.com | Anna Smith
“Government Intervention Risk” also ranked high on the LRMI report with a score of 80.52. Trump’s inconsistent strategy so far has created confusion on the parts of business trying to plan for the future. “So far, there seems to be a on-again, off-again posturing regarding which tariffs take effect with which partners, on what commodities, and when would these take effect,” writes one respondent.
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1 month ago | 
industryweek.com | Anna Smith |Geert De Lombaerde |Jill Jusko |Robert Schoenberger
Strength in Numbers Matters for Tariff Lobbying, TooCEOs of America, unite! You have nothing to lose but your supply chains!That’s a tongue-in-cheek takeaway from a recent discussion between Foreign Policy Editor-in-Chief Ravi Agrawal and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, founder and president of the Chief Executive Leadership Institute and professor at the Yale School of Management.
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1 month ago | 
industryweek.com | Anna Smith
One company keeping a close eye on those metals tariffs is Warwood Tool. As a fully domestic toolmaker heavily reliant on U.S. steel, Warwood Tool is hopeful that these tariffs, along with other initiatives, will level the playing field in terms of competing with cheaper imports. Founded in Ohio in 1854 as a gardening tool supply company and coal mine, it later evolved to serve other industries like railway maintenance and oil and gas.
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1 month ago | 
industryweek.com | Geert De Lombaerde |Anna Smith |Dennis Scimeca |Ryan Secard
Editor’s note: Welcome to So That Happened, our editors’ takes on things going on in the manufacturing world that deserve some extra attention. This will appear regularly in the Member’s Only section of the site. Would supporters of tariffs consider them a success if they led to one in three manufacturing businesses increasing their domestic production capacity? It strikes us as quite likely that they would raise a glass to that outcome.
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1 month ago | 
industryweek.com | Anna Smith
The ISM (Institute for Supply Management) Manufacturing PMI registered 50.3% in February, indicating expansion at a slower rate when compared to January’s 50.9% figure. “Although the PMI took a step back in February, it increased by four percentage points over the three previous months, with the most recent bump in January finally returning the manufacturing sector to expansion,” says Timothy Fiore, chair of the ISM’s manufacturing business survey committee.
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1 month ago | 
industryweek.com | Anna Smith
New technologies and decarbonization efforts are increasing electrical power demand, and several companies have recently made moves to support growing electrification needs in the U.S.ABB announced Monday $120 million in investment in two new manufacturing sites to increase production of low voltage electrification products and support the growing needs of data centers.
