Manufacturing, Hiring is Booming in The South

Traffic is booming at some North Dakota and Texas airports near their booming oil and gas regions (Bakken in North Dakota and Eagle Ford Shale in Texas):

Reuters published a great analysis last week of the future of the US labor market, and the report's main conclusion shouldn't surprise anyone who's followed this blog for a while: the US manufacturing sector will experience a renaissance of sorts and may even see a near-term uptick in jobs, but longstanding, systemic factors - mainly continuing improvements in productivity - w

By Bill Gunderson:Brazil is the largest country in South America and it is the fifth largest country in the world. The current population of Brazil is right around 192 million people. Geographically, Brazil is strategically located in South America as it relates to trade. Brazil shares a border with every South American country except Ecuador and Chile.

Cross-posted on the NIST MEP blogUEMC, Inc., a woman-owned manufacturer located in San Antonio, Texas, is now hiring. The company has over 50 years of experience in contract sewing, screen printing and textile related manufacturing … and now sustainable manufacturing practices. In October 2009, UEMC, Inc. participated in a local Lean. Clean. Energy. program as part of a national manufacturing sustainable effort. Five Federal Government Agencies—Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Labor, Small Business Administration and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) of The National Institute of Standards and Technology – have jointly created the E3 Initiative (Energy, Economy, Environment), which is focused on helping manufacturers implement sustainable manufacturing practices. The E3 program is designed to capture the knowledge and tools of the five agencies to run effective sustainability initiatives across the nation. The E3 program benefits manufacturers throughout the country not only with cost savings, but also by providing access to technical and financial resources. That’s exactly what UEMC, Inc. experienced. Linda Jordan, the CFO of UEMC, was quick to agree that E3 is about much more than just saving the company money and energy:

Today Secretary Gary Locke and the congressional delegation concluded their three-day trip to Seoul with a visit to the Demilitarized Zone – the border between South and North Korea – and a lunch with U.S troops and their families at Yongsan Garrison to thank them for their service. The group also met with leaders of South Korea’s Democratic Party and Grand National Party at Korea’s National Assembly to discuss the U.S.-South Korea Trade Agreement (KORUS). “Over the last few days we have had the opportunity to see first-hand the benefits that KORUS will bring to the economies of both the U.S. and Korea,” Locke said. “There is great demand for U.S. products -- from made-in-America cell phone components to life-saving medical equipment. This agreement will increase mutually beneficial trade, strengthen our economies and create jobs in both of our countries.” Locke also visited Seoul National University Hospital for a demonstration of Varian Medical Systems’ (Palo Alto, Calif.) advanced radiotherapy technology.  Varian is the world leader in this life-saving, cancer treatment technology with approximately $34 million worth of annual sales to South Korea.  Their equipment is manufactured in California and Utah and exported globally. Under the U.S.-South Korea trade agreement, the tariff on Varian’s products would be eliminated, making the company more competitive in the Korean market. 

Durables Orders, Home Sales Probably Rose: U.S. Economy Preview “Manufacturing is coming back pretty solidly and there is some strength in capital spending,” said Mark Vitner, a senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities LLC in Charlotte, North Carolina. “Housing is definitely a laggard. Until we get job growth and lending eases up, we’re not going to get a whole lot of lift.”