Saturday, April 19, 2014

Real Trends for Manufacturing

There are a lot of opinions these days on the state of manufacturing (most of them leaning positive).

Jacob Prak, CEO of Michigan Manufacturing International, sat down with the editors of Industry Today to discuss the trends he sees affecting manufacturing, especially over the next twelve months. Topics he covered include:

  • the impact of the shale oil and gas boom
  • growth in technologies
  • localizing
  • 3-D printing and more.

Prak believes that companies “that are well aware of the changing situations and flexible enough to adapt” will be in the best position to grow and succeed.

Read the complete article here