Tag Archives: manufacturing

STIHL is celebrating its 50th anniversary of U.S. manufacturing operations. Since establishing its U.S. operations in Virginia Beach in 1974, the company has grown from assembling a single chainsaw model in a 20,000-square-foot facility into a major manufacturer of both …

True Value Co. and The Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corp., an Ohio-based manufacturer of coatings and coatings resins, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which True Value Co. will acquire Yenkin-Majestic’s consumer paint business, producing architectural coatings for home, …

Heading into 2018, economists expected hiring to slow due to a tight labor market, as a below-4 percent unemployment rate would make finding workers difficult for businesses. According to The Wall Street Journal, “the opposite has occurred, largely due to …

Earlier this month, the Trump administration imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, with initial exceptions made for imports from Canada and Mexico. President Donald Trump imposed the tariffs at the recommendation of the Secretary of Commerce, citing steel was …

On Jan. 22, the Trump administration announced tariffs on imports of solar panels and washing machines as part of the administration’s focus on “America First,” The Wall Street Journal reports. According to the article, the tariffs were imposed in an …

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced its decision last week that U.S. solar panel manufacturers are negatively impacted by imported solar panels, specifically from Mexico and Korea. According to the report, the ITC will hold a public hearing on remedy on …

The Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association (PIPLA) recently presented its 2014 Inventor of the Year Award to Bill Adams, founder and chairman of Adams Manufacturing. The award recognizes the contributions Adams has made to progressing the design and use of …