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What the sectors we work in are saying.
The private equity trade press and the outlets that cover each sector we operate in, read straight from their own feeds and collected here. Our own writing is the last tab.
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- How Baker Industries and its 101-year-old founder fuel a talent pipeline The growing Pennsylvania-company employs a host of people with disabilities, criminal justice backgrounds or other factors that may limit their job options.
- Industrial Equity Mapper shows who bears the brunt of facility pollution An Industrious Labs tool covering more 2,400 industrial facilities indicates that two in three U.S. residents live in the same county as a major emitter.
- How and why operations leaders are connecting teams and data for better decisions and results Connecting cross-functional data helps manufacturers understand the operational impact of decisions.
- US manufacturing adds 16,000 jobs in August The machinery manufacturing sector gained the most workers at 6,100 jobs, while the motor vehicles and parts industry lost 4,500.
- More OEMs plan reshoring investments despite tariff, cost uncertainty While 36% of manufacturers say they’re actively reshoring, another 31% have no plans to do so, per a report from the Reshoring Initiative.
- DOJ asks judge to dismiss Oklahoma AG’s aluminum smelter lawsuit The agency said Century Aluminum’s project in Inola would advance national and economic security. A separate lawsuit seeking to block the smelter is also pending.
- GE Appliances investing $1B to shift production from Mexico to Kentucky The company plans to end refrigeration manufacturing in Louisville by early 2027 and begin high-output dryer production later that year. The upgraded facility will be “the largest home appliance manufacturing site in the U.S.”
- SK Hynix, Stellantis, Innio and others announce manufacturing investments Other companies making annoucements in August included DeltaX, Genetec and Niron. Investments spanned industries including batteries, biotechnology, power generation, magnets, semiconductors and autos.
- Hyundai Steel project moves ahead despite local pushback Residents and organizers are challenging how Louisiana fast-tracked a $5.8 billion project with limited public input. They raised environmental and legal concerns at a hearing Tuesday.
- Boeing, Deere and US Steel navigate labor union contract negotiations The aerospace maker plans to resume contractual talks after Labor Day. Meanwhile, U.S. Steel and Cleveland-Cliffs agreed to extend their steelworker contracts by 30 days.
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