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Kevin Freking and Josh Funk | Industrial Equipment News

#railroad

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Sustainability - Nov 29, 2022

How do you create an effective safety culture in the workplace when you have an employee base that is so diverse?

All eyes are focused on the situation unfolding between Russia and Ukraine. And this is particularly true when it comes to the supply chain and logistics industries.

Peshtigo High School's vocational studies program prepares students for employment. Business partners who work with the Peshtigo High School Vocational Program numbers more than 30. Some of those businesses include Badger Paper Mill, PHC Inc., Caterpillar, Lemke Heating and Cooling, Evergreen Tool Co. Inc. and Waupaca Foundry.

EH Extra

#community #skillsgap #waupaca #wfnews #workforcedevelopment

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Global MFG - Oct 20, 2021

What Happens When the World’s Key Metal Exchange Has No Metal?

What happens when the London Metal Exchange runs out of metal? That’s the question the exchange is urgently trying to address for its flagship copper contract, which sets the global price for one of the world’s most important commodities.

The problem stems from the LME’s physical nature: anyone holding a contract to expiry becomes the owner of a package of metal in an LME warehouse. On the other hand, anyone who has sold one must deliver the metal when the contract expires.

Mark Burton | Bloomberg.com

#china #supplychain

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Global MFG - Oct 14, 2021

Biden Tries to Tame Inflation by Having LA Port Open 24/7

President Joe Biden tried to reassure Americans on Wednesday that he can tame high inflation, announcing a deal to expand operations at the Port of Los Angeles as prices keep climbing and container ships wait to dock in a traffic jam threatening the U.S. economy and holiday shopping.

Josh Boak | Home | Industrial Equipment News

#supplychain

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Global MFG - Oct 14, 2021

China's growing power crunch threatens more global supply chain chaos

A growing power supply crunch in China is triggering blackouts for households and forcing factories to cut production, threatening to slow the country's vast economy and place even more strain on global supply chains.

Companies in the country's industrial heartlands have been told to limit their energy consumption in order to reduce demand for power, state media has reported. And supply has been cut to some homes, reportedly even trapping people in elevators.

A key steel product used in construction and automobiles reached a record Monday as U.S. President Joe Biden pushes ahead with his infrastructure spending plans.

Hot-rolled coil for July delivery rose 0.7% to $1,800 a short ton in New York, an all-time high, extending gains since the president secured a $579 billion bipartisan infrastructure deal on Thursday. Prices have more than tripled in a year.

Yvonne Yue Li | Bloomberg.com

#automotive #steel

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Community - Jun 27, 2021

Waupaca Foundry Empowers the Next Generation of Talent in Foundries & Machine Shops

The metalcasting industry is an unsung hero in manufactured goods. Today, 90 percent of all manufactured goods contain castings, making foundries essential to critical infrastructure, and the need to attract and prepare the next generation with the skillset required for modern manufacturing imperative. The metalcasting industry shows a lot of promise, though.

Ally Melby | Waupaca Foundry

#community #etowah #K12

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Community - Jun 21, 2021

Waupaca Eco Park – A True Natural Playground to Explore

This Waupaca neighborhood park is perfect for nature nuts! This park offers play equipment built from locally sourced, natural materials.

Jillian Burgess | Go Valley Kids

#community #foundrysand #recycle #sustainability #waupaca

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Global MFG - Jun 18, 2021

Wisconsin's Workforce Woes Go Much Deeper Than $300 Unemployment Payments

A $300 per week supplemental unemployment payment has become a political lightning rod, but Wisconsin's workforce woes go much deeper than that.

Rob Mentzer | Wisconsin Public Radio

#economy #jobs

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Global MFG - Jun 14, 2021

Top U.S. Maritime Regulator Sees Shipping Snarls Lasting to 2022

The top U.S. maritime regulator said stretched global supply chains pushing ocean-freight rates to record highs may stay strained into 2022. The supply snarls are colliding with a surge in demand for goods as the world’s largest economy heads for peak shipping season — July and August, when retailers build inventories heading into the year-end holidays.

Bloomburg | Supply Chain Brain

#manufacturing

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Global MFG - Jun 10, 2021

Reshoring Surges to Record High

The number of U.S. manufacturing jobs created by reshoring activities and foreign direct investment increased in 2020 – hitting a total of 160,649 – according to the Reshoring Initiative’s 2020 Data Report.

Of this total, 109,000 jobs were directly related to bringing offshoring production to the U.S. It’s the first time reshoring outpaced FDI in seven years. 2020’s activity brings the total number of reshoring and FDI job announcements to over 1 million since 2010.

Eric Sorensen, Jeff Reinke | Industrial Equipment News

#manufacturing

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Global MFG - Jun 9, 2021

Senate Approves Bill Injecting Cash Into Semiconductor Industry

Apologies for all the semiconductor news. But it’s the topic of the day, with the United States Senate recently approving $52 billion in emergency spending to help bolster domestic chip production and another $190 billion for R&D programs.

Matt Posky | The Truth About Cars

#manufacturing

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Culture - Jun 7, 2021

Perry Central Commodore Manufacturing, Waupaca Foundry Partner With Grow Southwest Indiana Workforce Board To Launch Registered Apprenticeship Program

Grow Southwest Indiana Workforce Board, Inc. has partnered with Perry Central Commodore Manufacturing and Waupaca Foundry to develop an Industrial Manufacturing Technician Registered Apprenticeship Program. Apprentices will receive a U.S. DOL approved nationally recognized portable credential at the completion of the 4-year program.

newsnowdc.com

#manufacturing #tellcity

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Global MFG - Jun 4, 2021

Where have all the workers gone?

National reports on staffing shortages are not exaggerated as Perry County businesses are feeling the effects of the void left by former employees not returning to work.

Eric Whittaker | Perry County News

#economy #jobs #tellcity

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Global MFG - Jun 3, 2021

How Technology is Transforming Traditional Manufacturing

Pundits love to use the term Industry 4.0 to describe the future of manufacturing. But what does the term really mean, and how will the tenets of Industry 4.0 impact day-to-day manufacturing operations?

The brakes that stop your car, the drive train in a semi truck, even the fire hydrant on the street are there thanks to engineers from Waupaca Foundry.

The foundry employs environmental, process, mechanical, electrical and industrial engineers throughout its production processes to design and cast iron parts that are in the products we use every day. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mechanical and industrial engineers are second and third in projected job growth among engineers (behind civil engineers). Together, these two occupations will be among the fastest growing occupations in manufacturing.

WaupacaNow | waupacanow.com

#jobs

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Iron Castings - Feb 17, 2021

Waupaca Foundry keeps its attention on customer support, employee safety

Proving their mettle: Good suppliers stay the course during challenging times in the same way certain friends can be counted on when the going gets tough. Good suppliers stay the course during challenging times in the same way certain friends can be counted on when the going gets tough. There have been a lot of mettle-testing opportunities at every step in the supply chain over the past year.

Chad Elmore | Diesel Progress

#iron-casting #safety #supplychain

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Sustainability - Feb 4, 2021

Foundry’s sustainability initiatives

Bryant Esch will present “Building the Green Foundry–Sustainability Initiatives at Waupaca Foundry” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8.

ResearchAndMarkets.com published a new article on the manufacturing industry "Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Could See Lasting Changes due to COVID-19"