21st Annual Shovel Awards: The American Industrial Economy Remade in Real Time
In the two decades since Area Development first started its State Shovel Awards, the economic development landscape ...
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The Aluminum Smelter That Could Reshape the U.S. Industrial Map
When Emirates Global Aluminium signed a memorandum of understanding with Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt last April, the headline wrote ...
Tariff Shockwaves Hit the Industrial Sector
The effective tariff rate as of the first half of 2025 is currently approximately four times higher compared ...
The New Industrial Revolution in Biotech
Biology has become a technology, and technology is beginning to feel biological. We rarely stop to sense it, ...
Why Industrial Developers Are Turning to On-Site Energy
Advanced manufacturers, large campus developers, and economic development agencies increasingly face delays between an approved site plan and ...
Why Art Belongs in Industrial Spaces
When business and manufacturing leaders plan facility upgrades, art is not usually part of the blueprint. Equipment, efficiency, ...
Rebuilding the Industrial Base Requires a Commitment to Ecosystem Formation
After outsourcing our industrial base for decades, it’s encouraging to see a resurgence of factories, innovations in automation, ...
Industrial B2B buyers shift to digital: 65% now order online
B2B buyers in the industrial supplies market are accelerating their use of digital commerce, with 65% making at least one ...
A Tale of Two Industrial Winds
The industrial sector has undergone a seismic shift over the past five years, transforming from a stable yet ...
Labor needs to tackle productivity and industrial relations with a bolder second term agenda
On February 1, on The Conversation’s podcast, Anthony Albanese not only declared that Labor would retain majority government, but held ...
