{"id":5277,"date":"2020-04-23T09:49:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T09:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/?p=5277"},"modified":"2020-06-15T13:17:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T13:17:34","slug":"week-17-in-manufacturing-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/week-17-in-manufacturing-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 17 in Manufacturing News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Looking to American Manufacturing Entrepreneurs to Save Lives and Jobs; UK and eurozone suffer record slumps amid Covid-19 lockdowns &#8211; business live; EU should \u2018not aim for self-sufficiency\u2019 after coronavirus, trade chief says; What Will Manufacturing\u2019s New Normal Be After COVID-19?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Production-line-for-manufacturing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Production-line-for-manufacturing.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Production-line-for-manufacturing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Production-line-for-manufacturing-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking to American Manufacturing Entrepreneurs to Save Lives and Jobs <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Manufacturing Coalition says they can create a domestic supply chain to secure products essential to U.S. security, including those to combat COVID. The Manufacturing Coalition, a group of American business leaders drawn from the Young Presidents&#8217; Organization (YPO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.industryweek.com\/covid19\/article\/21129376\/looking-to-american-manufacturing-entrepreneurs-to-save-lives-and-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"IndustryWeek (opens in a new tab)\">IndustryWeek<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UK and eurozone suffer record slumps amid Covid-19 lockdowns &#8211; business live<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Companies across Britain and the euro area report tumbling orders and activity, as the world slides into a deep recession <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>UK economy shrinking fast <\/li><li>UK flash PMI falls to just 12.9 (record low) <\/li><li>Eurozone PMI slumps to new low <\/li><li>UK to issue \u00a3225bn of new debt by July <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Live updates: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"The Guardian (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2020\/apr\/23\/uk-government-borrowing-covid-19-recession-pmi-us-jobless-claims-business-live\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EU should \u2018not aim for self-sufficiency\u2019 after coronavirus, trade chief says<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Phil Hogan says the recent surge in EU medical manufacturing is a crisis-response solution \u2014 not a permanent one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says the EU has to be more outward-looking and do more trade agreements around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Financial Times (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/95dcaac2-162e-4ff4-aca5-bb852f03b1e9\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Times<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Will Manufacturing\u2019s New Normal Be After COVID-19?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>History teaches us that short-term measures taken in response to global crises lead to changes that last for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manufacturers are scrambling to resume production, revive supply chains, and get back to some semblance of normality resembling that of the pre-virus world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some points about long term effects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Revival of (Automated) Domestic Manufacturing<\/li><li>Decoupling of Supply Chains<\/li><li>Data Infrastructure as a Strategic Asset<\/li><li>Remote Work, Collaboration and the \u2018Virtual Shift\u2019<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.industryweek.com\/technology-and-iiot\/article\/21129334\/what-will-manufacturings-new-normal-be-after-covid19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">IndustryWeek.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to American Manufacturing Entrepreneurs to Save Lives and Jobs; UK and eurozone suffer record slumps amid Covid-19 lockdowns &#8211; business live; EU should \u2018not aim for self-sufficiency\u2019 after coronavirus, trade chief says; What Will Manufacturing\u2019s New Normal Be After COVID-19?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Week 17 in Manufacturing News - Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Manufacturing news week 17. 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