{"id":4707,"date":"2020-02-20T11:10:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T11:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/?p=4707"},"modified":"2020-06-15T13:08:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T13:08:35","slug":"week-8-in-manufacturing-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/week-8-in-manufacturing-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8 in Manufacturing News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>US: NY Empire State Manufacturing Index jumps to 12.9 in February; US January industrial output falls; Pressure Points: How can the government support UK manufacturing?; Meet The Manufacturer Top 100 2019 Exemplars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/week-8-in-manufacturing-news.jpg\" alt=\"week-8-in-manufacturing-news\" class=\"wp-image-4709\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/week-8-in-manufacturing-news-2\/#US_NY_Empire_State_Manufacturing_Index_jumps_to_129_in_February\" >US: NY Empire State Manufacturing Index jumps to 12.9 in February<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/week-8-in-manufacturing-news-2\/#US_January_industrial_output_falls\" >US January industrial output falls<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/week-8-in-manufacturing-news-2\/#Pressure_Points_How_can_the_government_support_UK_manufacturing\" >Pressure Points: How can the government support UK manufacturing?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/week-8-in-manufacturing-news-2\/#Meet_The_Manufacturer_Top_100_2019_Exemplars_1-7\" >Meet The Manufacturer Top 100 2019 Exemplars 1-7<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"US_NY_Empire_State_Manufacturing_Index_jumps_to_129_in_February\"><\/span>US: NY Empire State Manufacturing Index jumps to 12.9 in February<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The General Business Conditions Index of the&nbsp;Federal Reserve Bank&nbsp;of New York&#8217;s Empire State Manufacturing Survey improved to 12.9 in February from 4.8 in January and beat the market expectation of 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Manufacturing activity in NY area expands in February.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>US Dollar Index extends rally on upbeat data.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"FXStreet (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fxstreet.com\/news\/us-ny-empire-state-manufacturing-index-jumps-to-129-in-february-vs-5-expected-202002181335\" target=\"_blank\">FXStreet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"US_January_industrial_output_falls\"><\/span>US January industrial output falls<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>U.S. industrial production fell 0.3% in January,&nbsp;the Federal Reserve said.<\/li><li>Unseasonably warm weather held down the output of utilities and Boeing slowed production of civilian aircraft.<\/li><li>The Fed said manufacturing production fell 0.1% in January, matching forecasts, but December\u2019s manufacturing output was revised lower to a 0.1% gain from a previously reported 0.2% increase<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/02\/14\/us-industrial-production-january-2020.html\">CNCB.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pressure_Points_How_can_the_government_support_UK_manufacturing\"><\/span>Pressure Points: How can the government support UK manufacturing?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Invest in automation<\/strong> &#8211;  One of the biggest challenges that manufacturing faces is to generate awareness around the benefits that robots and automation can bring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Increase productivity<\/strong> &#8211; Overall Purchasing Managers\u2019 Index reading continue its ongoing slide into contraction, factory outputs fell to 45.6.  The most recent&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/uk-pmi-manufacturing-sector-contracting-at-fastest-rate-since-2012\/\">IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI figures<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Smooth the path for international trade after Brexit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vision for education<\/strong> &#8211; collaboration between universities and industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Give a helping hand to small businesses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Boosting performance<\/strong> &#8211;  The government is supporting UK automotive and aerospace supply-chain manufacturers, having announced a \u00a326m support programme called <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"NMCL (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nmcl.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">NMCL<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imeche.org\/news\/news-article\/pressure-points-how-can-the-government-support-uk-manufacturing\" target=\"_blank\">Institution of Mechanical Engineers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Meet_The_Manufacturer_Top_100_2019_Exemplars_1-7\"><\/span>Meet The Manufacturer Top 100 2019 Exemplars 1-7<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Manufacturer Top 100 is a project that showcases the most dynamic leaders, young pioneers and unsung heroes working in UK manufacturing, all of which have been nominated by their peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"The Manufacturer (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themanufacturer.com\/articles\/meet-the-manufacturer-top-100-2019-exemplars-1-will-bridgman\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Manufacturer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US: NY Empire State Manufacturing Index jumps to 12.9 in February; US January industrial output falls; Pressure Points: How can the government support UK manufacturing?; Meet The Manufacturer Top 100 2019 Exemplars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[3,57,102,101],"class_list":["post-4707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-manufacturing","tag-manufacturing-news","tag-uk-manufacturing","tag-us-manufacturing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Week 8 in Manufacturing News - Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Manufacturing news week 8. 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