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Having looked at manufacturing statistics and competitiveness in our last two columns, our series continues with a global look at manufacturing and how it is changing.
In my last column we had a look at the U.S. manufacturing sector with respect to its shrinking share of GDP and its declining share of the overall economy
For three decades now I have been
observing and writing about manufacturing processes and what manufacturing
means to an economy. For one such as me, watching what has happened to
manufacturing in this country during the past 30 years has been a painful
experience.
The global forging industry
experienced a first on Nov. 10, 2011, when this publication hosted “FORGExpo
2011: An International Virtual Event,” the forging industry’s first virtual
trade exhibition. The event featured a lineup of speakers, exhibitors and
social networking options in an online graphic interface at which papers were
presented and online Q&A sessions were held in real time.
Pittsburgh, Pa., hosted the 18th International
Forgemasters Meeting Sept. 12-15. The historic OMNI William Penn Hotel was the
venue for the triennial event, which was last held on U.S. soil in 1994.
Do you remember a time
when a member of Congress was someone you could actually look up to? Do you
remember when the art of compromise by politicians was recognized as a
leadership quality? Do you remember when elected officials actually put the
good of the country and its people before the good of their party? If you
answered “yes” to any of these questions, you are probably a Baby Boomer headed
toward retirement.
