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Engineers Rise to the Challenge of COVID

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John Sprovieri
January 4, 2021
The best aspect of my job as a journalist covering science and technology is the opportunity to talk with smart, passionate people on a daily basis.
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Good luck, Joe Biden

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John Sprovieri
December 2, 2020

By the time you read this, President Donald Trump might finally have accepted reality and conceded the election. Or, there might be a coup or a zombie apocalypse; it's been that kind of year.


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RIP: Seiuemon Inaba, Founder of FANUC

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John Sprovieri
November 6, 2020

Seiuemon Inaba, Ph.D., the founder of FANUC Corp., who turned a fledgling startup into a global manufacturer of robots and machine controls, died Oct. 2. He was 95.


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GM, Honda Put White-Collar Workers on the Assembly Line

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John Sprovieri
October 8, 2020

After sitting idle for weeks or even months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. assembly plants have finally restarted production, albeit with the occasional hiccup.


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AME Issues Plan to Increase US Manufacturing Jobs

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John Sprovieri
September 9, 2020

Since the end of the Great Recession, U.S. manufacturing jobs increased steadily, from 11.5 million in December 2009 to 12.9 million in November 2019.


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Toyota Invests in US Assembly Plants

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John Sprovieri
August 4, 2020

In January 2017, Toyota pledged to invest $13 billion in its U.S. operations over five years. On June 30, the company announced it will reach that goal a year early.


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GE Hits the Off Switch on Lighting Business

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John Sprovieri
July 28, 2020
General Electric will no longer make lightbulbs. In May, GE announced that it is selling its lighting business to Savant Systems Inc., a seller of home-automation technology.
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90 Years on the Assembly Line

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John Sprovieri
July 15, 2020

Numerous studies have revealed a peculiarity about our next-generation workforce. While they might have a positive perception of manufacturing, most would not consider careers in the industry.


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FTC Pans Retailer’s ‘Made in USA’ Claims

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John Sprovieri
June 9, 2020

All things being equal, most U.S. consumers would prefer to buy products that are made in the USA. So when a company claims a product is made in this country when it's not, it can get burned.


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Industry 4.0 will drive next surge in productivity

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John Sprovieri
May 15, 2020
Productivity growth in manufacturing is stuck. Despite improvements in equipment, software and management approaches, annual labor productivity growth in the U.S. was around 0.7 percent between 2007 and 2018.
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