The extent to which industries make use of their production capacity has a bearing on inflation.

Activity in the sector contracted last year, but federal investment is one of the factors that could make 2024 better.

Despite high unemployment among young people, most factories are short of workers. It might reflect false promises and poor conditions.

The Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania has a booming manufacturing sector and is fast becoming a major logistics hub.

Sick time is taking a bite out of manufacturing. And now companies have to make up for it.

When the factory is scheduled to open in two years, will we still be exercising as much from home?

Jean sales dropped 4.5 percent in 2014 and 3.4 percent in 2015 but are on the upswing this year, thanks, in part, to stretchier fabrics.

The Diamond Match factory is one of three major wood products plants in Cloquet, Minn. But it’s slated to close later this summer, leaving Cloquet with a hole in both its history and economy.