Why This CEO Backs Steel Tariffs — Even Though His Business Depends on Buying Steel
When President Donald Trump announced trade action against steel imports in March, the CEO and executive chairman of North America's largest steel pipe and tube manufacturer granted each of his employ...
23 Apr 201827min
Design School Graduate Sews Her Way to Success
When Tori Tissell graduated from design school in 2011, she wasn't sure how she would make ends meet, let alone provide Christmas presents for all her friends and family. However, Tissell's ingenuity ...
2 Apr 201817min
Special Edition: Your Questions on Trump's Steel and Aluminum Trade Action Answered
How will steel tariffs impact other manufacturers? Will imposing tariffs start a trade war? What happens next for the steel and aluminum industries? Scott Paul and Scott Boos offer answers to listener...
19 Mar 201819min
Training the Workers of the Future for the Factories of the Future
Without a skilled workforce, the intelligent factory of the future is worthless. Here's how the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) just outside Richmond, Virginia, is training the h...
12 Mar 201829min
How THIS NIGHT Socks is Aiming to Revive the Knitting Mills of Reading, Pa.
Inspired by the legacy of textile manufacturing in her hometown, Reading, Pa., Kate Williamson dreamed of making socks as a child. When her father came across an ad for a local knitting mill, the only...
26 Feb 201816min
What Is 'Section 232'?
The Commerce Department publicly released its "Section 232" report on national security threats posed by steel imports on Feb. 16. With President Trump's action imminent, brush up on what "Section 232...
26 Feb 201813min
Vinyl Record Maker Finds His Groove Just Outside D.C.
Music and manufacturing merge at Furnace Record Pressing's 50,000 square-foot vinyl record plant in Alexandria, Va. Join Scott Paul on a tour of Furnace's new facility and a conversation with Furnace'...
13 Feb 201827min
Ford Gears Up for the Future of Auto Manufacturing
Autonomous vehicles may sound like they're straight out of science fiction, but the day you'll see one on your street isn't far. Ford's Curt Magleby tells Scott Paul how his company is keeping the fut...
29 Jan 201814min
