{"id":7609,"date":"2021-03-04T10:02:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T10:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/?p=7609"},"modified":"2021-03-09T09:16:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T09:16:09","slug":"week-9-in-manufacturing-news-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/week-9-in-manufacturing-news-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 9 in Manufacturing News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>U.S. Manufacturing Expands to a Three-Year High: 5 Winners; Automation Will Drive the Next U.S. Manufacturing Boom; Analysis: Economic Update on the UK Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Recovery Strengthens in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Technology-Industry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Technology-Industry.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Technology-Industry-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrpeasy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Technology-Industry-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">U.S. Manufacturing Expands to a Three-Year High: 5 Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. manufacturing sector expanded yet again in the month of February. The sector has been performing well ever since the economy started reopening following the COVID-19 induced lockdown. February\u2019s rise in manufacturing activity marks the ninth straight month of gains for the sector, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the major reasons behind the rise is that people are spending a lot more on goods compared to services following the pandemic, as a result of which they are shelling out more on goods<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/u-manufacturing-expands-three-high-125212936.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Yahoo!Finance (opens in a new tab)\">Yahoo!Finance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Automation Will Drive the Next U.S. Manufacturing Boom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, hot on the heels of his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden announced his plans to strengthen the U.S.&nbsp;manufacturing&nbsp;sector in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Dubbed the&nbsp;\u201cMade in America\u201d&nbsp;executive order, it outlines the various ways Biden intends to fuel economic recovery in the wake of the pandemic, including investing $300 billion in R&amp;D and advanced technology, while creating a whopping 5 million jobs in manufacturing.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2021\/02\/26\/automation-will-lead-the-next-u-s-manufacturing-boom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"VentureBeat (opens in a new tab)\">VentureBeat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Analysis: Economic Update on the UK Manufacturing Industry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of a&nbsp;seminar programme&nbsp;in preparation for MACH 2022, listen to an economist give an update on the UK manufacturing industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhys Herbert, senior economist in the research department of Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking gave the seminar. Mr Herbert is responsible for analysing and forecasting trends in the UK and other major economies, with a special interest in the manufacturing sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pesmedia.com\/uk-manufacturing-industry-data-03022021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Production engineering solutions (opens in a new tab)\">Production engineering solutions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Manufacturing Recovery Strengthens in February<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With the new year shifting into gear, Australian manufacturing is following suit, with increased expansion on the back of the construction industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australian Industry Group\u2019s Performance of Manufacturing Index has increased by 3.5 points to 58.8 in February with the stronger pace of recovery delivering the index&#8217;s highest monthly result since March 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.industryupdate.com.au\/article\/manufacturing-recovery-strengthens-february\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\" Industry Update (opens in a new tab)\"> Industry Update<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Manufacturing Expands to a Three-Year High: 5 Winners; Automation Will Drive the Next U.S. Manufacturing Boom; Analysis: Economic Update on the UK Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Recovery Strengthens in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[513,500,3,57,102,101],"class_list":["post-7609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-aus-manufacturing","tag-australian-manufacturing","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 9 in Manufacturing News - MRPeasy Manufacturing Software Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Manufacturing news week 9 in 2021. 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