Furniture market returns to High Point with a sense of post-pandemic change
The fall session of High Point’s International Furniture Market is less than two weeks away, and organizers are hoping new product lines will give a boost to the industry.
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Greensboro, Guilford County approve more than $1M in incentives for Honda Aircraft expansion
Honda Aircraft Company officially announced Friday it will expand its operations at Piedmont Triad International Airport, bringing nearly 300 new jobs to Greensboro.
Honda Aircraft Company to add almost 300 jobs in Guilford County for new line of long-range jets
The company is developing a longer-range version — the HondaJet 2600 model — capable of a nonstop transcontinental flight across the United States.
Bosch plans $130M expansion, 400 new jobs in Lincolnton
The Bosch power tools company is planning a major expansion at its Lincoln County manufacturing site.
Guilford furniture manufacturers address skilled worker shortage
Furniture manufacturing is not dead.
GTCC partners with Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education program
The lack of modern manufacturing skills in the United States workforce could result in more than two million unfilled jobs by 2030.
U.S. factories emerge as a strong point in a weakening economy
Factories have added 467,000 jobs in the last 12 months, as production jumped to its highest level since 2008. But manufacturing remains a much smaller slice of the U.S. economy than it used to be.
NC apprenticeship programs get $4 million boost from U.S. Department of Labor
The U.S. Department of Labor is providing $4 million to North Carolina's community college system.
German industrial giant Siemens is leaving Russia after nearly 170 years
The company first arrived in Russia in 1851 to deliver devices for a major telegraph line. It primarily does maintenance work on high-speed trains these days — though it's now winding down operations.