Manufacturing’s most disruptive year in modern history started with three words: “Liberation Day” arrived. On April 2, 2025, President Trump imposed sweeping tariffs that fundamentally altered the U.S. trade landscape. Whether you view this as a long-overdue correction to decades of unfair trade practices or an economic catastrophe depends largely on your position in...
Category: Manufacturing
The Manufacturing Skills Apocalypse: 1.9 Million Jobs Going Unfilled by 2033
In February 2025, the Manufacturing Institute delivered stark news: the U.S. faces a shortfall of 1.9 million manufacturing workers by 2033. Over the next eight years, 3.8 million manufacturing positions will open up, but nearly half could go unfilled. This isn’t speculation—it’s data from the industry’s leading workforce development organization. The manufacturing skills crisis...