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THE PRODUCER PRICE INDEX in the U.S. increased 3.1 percent year over year, the most since January 2012. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/TY WRIGHT

U.S. producer prices climb more than forecast on fuel costs

NEW YORK – United States producer prices rose more than forecast in May as the cost of fuels surged by the most in three...

Making stuff back in fashion

One of the most important economic changes in the United States over the past half-century has been the shift away from making goods to...
U.S. MANUFACTURING EXPANDED in May faster than expected despite rising costs. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/TY WRIGHT

U.S. manufacturing quickens while prices keep spiraling up

NEW YORK - United States manufacturing expanded at a faster pace in May and order backlogs grew by the most in 14 years, even as...
After nearly a decade working at different companies, Kelly Mendell decided in 2003 to join MIKEL, a company her father founded that did work with the U.S. Navy, taking it over in 2008. Since then she has more than tripled its workforce. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Finding purpose focuses the work and the business

Kelly Mendell | MIKEL Inc. president Why are you in business? What do you believe in? The United States has the most technologically capable submarines in...

Sensata agrees to sell valves business for $173M

ATTLEBORO – Sensata Technologies Inc. will sell its valves business to Pacific Industrial Co. for $173 million, the companies announced May 22. The business being...
NORBERT HANKE, president of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, with offices in North Kingstown, is the keynote speaker for HxGN LIVE in Las Vegas June 12-15. / COURTESY HEXAGON MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE

Hexagon to highlight manufacturing techniques at Nevada conference

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, which acquired MSC Software in 2017, announced the 2018 MSC Software Global Users’ Conference at HxGN LIVE, Hexagon’s technology...
SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES has entered into an agreement to sell its valves business for about $173 million. / COURTESY SENSATA

Sensata agrees to sell valves business for $173M

ATTLEBORO – Sensata Technologies Inc. has entered into an agreement to sell its valves business to Pacific Industrial Co. for $173 million, the companies...
UNITED STATES factory production capacity utilization in April was the highest its been since 2015. / BLOOMBERG

U.S. factory production shows broad-based gain outside autos

NEW YORK - United States factory production regained its footing in April to push capacity utilization to the highest since 2015, indicating the industry...
EXPORT PRICES of American-made capital goods increased 2 percent year over year. / BLOOMBERG

U.S. exporters of capital goods enjoying more pricing power

NEW YORK - Foreign customers of United States capital-equipment manufacturers were paying up in April. Export prices of American-made capital goods jumped 2 percent from...

For more than a century, Goodwin-Bradley has taken the road less traveled, says President Robert Goodwin, the third generation of 
the family-owned business to be in charge of the Providence manufacturer. And it has 
yielded positive results. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

People – the greatest challenge and reward

Robert Goodwin | Goodwin-Bradley Pattern Co. president As the current steward of this 106-year-old family business, I am often asked what has been the most...
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