The number of private factories and other manufacturing establishments took a nosedive in 2008, as the recession hit. The number reached about 334,000 in 2012, down 5.5% from the 2005 level ...

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As the world of production face a perfect storm wrought by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), the accelerating climate emergency, raising trade tensions and growing economic uncertainty ...

A prominent data center developer in North Dakota recently released a report claiming building in the northern Plains can ...

Western Pennsylvania has had its troubles. After the end of the steel boom, the area decayed, unemployment was rampant — ...

These are revolutionary times for industrial heritage in Toronto and other cities across Canada. Victorian masterpieces, plainer early 20th-century buildings and former factories are being adapted ...

Hadrian, a company that manufactures components for companies in industries like aerospace and defense, is opening a factory ...

In Germany, the engineers and academics working to create this "fourth industrial revolution" call it Industrie 4.0; in the US it's referred to as "the industrial internet".

In Germany this impending revolution is known as Industry 4.0, with the government shovelling close to €500m (£357m) into developing the technology. In China, Japan, South Korea and the USA big ...