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2 weeks ago | 
amtonline.org | Catherine Ross |Kevin Bowers |Gary Vasilash |Christopher Chidzik
DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASEMcLean, Va. (June 9, 2025) — New orders of metalworking machinery, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $444.9 million in April 2025. This marked a 12.7% decline from March 2025 and a nearly 40% increase from April 2024. Machinery orders in 2025 placed through April totaled $1.69 billion, a 17.8% increase over the first four months of 2024.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Catherine Ross
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LORAIN, Ohio — As Thanksgiving approaches, food banks are bracing for a high demand for holiday assistance. This year, a 32% spike in demand for services at Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio set the expectation. “Food insecurity tends to be a symptom of a much larger issue,” said Julie Chase-Morefield, the president and CEO of the organization. She explained that many families have not fully rebounded from the financial challenges created by the pandemic.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
ktvz.com | Catherine Ross
By Catherine RossClick here for updates on this story CLEVELAND, Ohio (WEWS) — It will be more than 30 years before a Parma teenager could walk free. Thursday, a Cuyahoga County judge handed down a life sentence to Steven Sopko, with a possibility of parole after 31 years. The now 17-year-old did not react when Judge Nancy Fuerst shared his fate. Sopko was tried as an adult and convicted for the 2023 murder of 14-year-old Braylon Hardges. His trial began on Oct. 21.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
amtonline.org | Kristin Bartschi |Catherine Ross |Arun Mahajan |Fred Qian
The Chinese Machine Tool Builders Association (CMTBA) released statistics in early August showing that the import and export of China's machine tool industry decreased slightly overall in the first half of 2024 to a total value of $15.43 billion, shrinking 3% year over year. Imports decreased significantly to $5.05 billion, a shrinkage of 11.1% year over year, while exports increased slightly to $10.38 billion, up 1.4% year over year.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
amtonline.org | Catherine Ross |Edward Christopher |Conchi Aranguren |Arun Mahajan
India boasts a resilient manufacturing PMI, a growing automotive market, incentives in the energy and defense sectors, and unique business opportunities for manufacturers to play in a market trending up. For more industry intel and other tidbits, read on. In July, India's manufacturing sector saw strong growth despite high-cost pressures.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
amtonline.org | Fred Qian |Bonnie Gurney |Catherine Ross |Conchi Aranguren
The European machine tool sector is showing resilience in 2024, according to the European Association of Manufacturing Technologies (CECIMO). Despite political and economic uncertainties in the region, which caused orders to temporarily decrease in early 2024, the sector is expected to recover. Better economic indicators and decreasing inflation are likely to drive an increase in orders in the latter half of this year. In 2024, consumption levels are expected to decrease by 1.8%.
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May 7, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Catherine Ross
Some Cleveland leaders are ramping up pressure to prevent the Browns from finding a new home outside the city. Cleveland City Council members unanimously passed an ordinance this week, calling on the city to enforce a state law created during what many Browns fans consider a dark chapter of the team’s history. The so-called “Art Modell Law” is named for the former owner who moved the team from Cleveland to Baltimore in the mid-90s. “I didn’t name that law.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
news.lee.net | Catherine Ross
MASSILLON, Ohio (WEWS) -- A Northeast Ohio community is filling the gaps of its missing history. The Massillon Museum has been collecting, documenting and sharing untold African American stories. The concept of “Missing History of Massillon: Unheard African Americans Stories” began in 2020 when widespread racial justice demonstrations encouraged Americans to confront racism.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
amtonline.org | Bonnie Gurney |Catherine Ross |Arun Mahajan |Fred Qian
China's GDP for the first half of 2024 increased by 5% compared to the previous year, and the GDP of the manufacturing industries saw a 5.8% year-over-year increase. According to the China Machine Tool & Tool Builders’ Association (CMTBA), from January to May, new orders for metalworking machines increased by 3.9% year over year, while on-hand orders (based on inventory physically available) decreased by 7.4% year over year.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
amtonline.org | Mary Neville |Jerry Rex |Catherine Ross
Automation and other advanced technologies are enabling manufacturing companies to be more efficient, productive, and cost effective, while also reducing barriers and making it easier than ever for manufacturers to hire workers they may have not previously considered. Start with “Can-do” “We've got to start thinking about the skills people with disabilities bring to the table and the work that they can do, especially using existing technology in many manufacturing facilities.
