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Why the uptick in mergers in manufacturing?

Posted: November 22nd, 2011 | By: Eagle Tech


Reuters has the story of a recent Standard & Poor’s report on the manufacturing industry:
U.S. manufacturers and transportation companies we rate have engaged in a number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) this year, despite indications of an increasingly fragile economic recovery, according to a report published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. The article is [...]


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Manufacturing Labor Is High-Skilled Labor

Posted: October 25th, 2011 | By: Eagle Tech


A recent Reuters piece helps emphasize a challenge facing the manufacturing industry, and and the economy as a whole: technological advances in manufacturing (and in the products being manufactured) in the US have increasingly meant that manufacturing labor no longer consists of menial tasks for day laborers. Instead, factory workers have to be highly trained [...]


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A Bright Spot for Manufacturing in September

Posted: October 4th, 2011 | By: Eagle Tech


The Wall Street Journal reports that manufacturing output was up slightly in September, but it goes on to note that:
Industries used 77.4% of their capacity in September, up from 77.3% in August. Capacity utilization has barely budged during the recovery, climbing just 1% from the same time a year ago.
In other words, there [...]


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Talk of The Nation on the State of the Manufacturing Industry

Posted: September 16th, 2011 | By: Eagle Tech


From NPR’s Talk of the Nation:
100 years ago, you know, I think it was about 90 percent of Americans worked in agriculture. Now, it’s down to two percent, and yet we produce far much more food than we did 100 years ago.
And manufacturing is going through that same type of an evolution right now. We’re [...]


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The End of Renewable Manufacturing?

Posted: August 16th, 2011 | By: Eagle Tech


The July 2011 Congressional deficit debates led into the biggest tax cuts the U.S. has seen in quite
some time. A number of programs were either shaved or will simply go un-renewed at their deadline.
Others were shutdown almost immediately. One of the industries that saw a lot of attention during and
after the debates was the renewable [...]


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Why 2010’s Manufacturing Review is Good News for the Economy

Posted: January 11th, 2011 | By: Eagle Tech


The country’s political, economic, and manufacturing industry officials are doing a proverbially happy dance over 2010’s year end manufacturing industry statistics. The slight increases are indeed news of some movement in the industry, but why all the fuss? To understand why such seemingly small progress translates into a good 2011 year, you must learn about [...]


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How to Avoid “Greenwashing” in Manufacturing

Posted: December 23rd, 2010 | By: Eagle Tech


Let’s face it, green products are a goldmine in today’s world of environmental consciousness. Many consumers buy “organic”, “recyclable”, and “green” products by what they see on the label. This makes it all too tempting for a company to slap such a label on the product whether it deserves it or not. This is what the Federal Trade Commission calls Greenwashing. The agency is fighting against the practice through its Green Guides and regulations. However, there are several ways you can prevent accidental Greenwashing for your own products.


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Welcome!

Posted: March 12th, 2010 | By: bfuller


Welcome to the Eagle Technologies Blog! Here you’ll find great discussions on topics like automation technologies, preventative maintenance, and conveyor systems. Thanks for stopping by!


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