Amid a drumbeat of factory closings and layoffs in Oregon, an international packaging giant has announced that Millersburg will be the site of a new manufacturing facility. Ball Corp.’s ...

For decades, Connecticut — and much of the United States — has wrestled with the thorny problem of how to rebuild its once vibrant manufacturing industries in the face of lower-cost competition from ...

Manufacturing is no longer about small, incremental gains. AI is revolutionizing factories into intelligent, adaptive systems that drive unprecedented innovation and efficiency. For decades I’ve ...

Walk into a modern manufacturing facility today, and you’ll see something that looks nothing like the factories of decades past. You’ll see data dashboards, AI-driven monitoring systems, and highly ...

This is Part 3 in our Planet Money newsletter series on manufacturing in America. Part 1 asked why Americans aren't filling the manufacturing jobs that are already here. Part 2 dived deep into ...