Manufacturing Talk Radio

Manufacturing Talk Radio interviews the National Association of Manufacturer's Ken Monahan, Director for International Trade Policy at the NAM about the TPP, or Trans-Pacific Partnership. Diving deeper, show hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady look into the good and bad of TPP - and whether the 'bad' has been overblown by the press and presidential candidates. Learn for yourself the real deal about the...

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Each month the Institute for Supply Management issues the results of its surveys of the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors in America's economy. In this interview, Anthony Nieves, chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Non-Manufacturing Business Survey Co...

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; color: #333333; -webkit-text-stroke: #333333} span.s1 {font: 14.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font-kerning: none} Last year at Fabtech 2015, Lew Weiss and Tim Grady interviewed Hernan Luis y Prado, founder and president of Workshops for Warriors, a 501(c)3 trade school dedicated to helping returning veterans prepare fo...

Learn how far up the ISM’s Manufacturing Report on Business(R) Purchasing Manager’s Index moved up from September’s 51.5 presented by Brad Holcomb, committee chair, followed by Chris Kuehl, noted economist with Armada Corporate Intelligence and economist for the FMA, NACM when he discusses the Credit Manager’s Index and several other topics on upbeat manufacturing reports from around the globe. Th...

Each month, Manufacturing Talk Radio presents an update on manufacturing and economic activity in the E.U., U.K. and Asia with its correspondents from France and China.  Join hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady as they discuss the economic and manufacturing activity with Senior International Correspondents Royce Lowe from France and Chong Wang from China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

Manufacturing Talk Radio co-hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady welcome Norbert Ore, Senior Correspondent for Global PMI Survey reports and various local and regional reports while show some slight improvement, followed by Chad Moutray, Chief Economist of the National Association of Manufacturers who will discuss both the Manufacturing Monday Morning report and the Global Economic Survey just released f...

For this year's MFG Day, Manufacturing Talk Radio attended NJMEP's MFG Day event at The Palace in Somerset, New Jersey. We had the opportunity to meet with Manufacturers from all over New Jersey, conduct interviews and listen to manufacturers discuss real-world issues they face today. Interviews include discussions with: Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno of New Jersey  John Kennedy, CEO of NJMEP, NJMEP's...

Brad Holcomb joins hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss the September PMI activity that resulted in a jump in the Purchasing Manager’s Index from 49.4 to 51.5 – but the good news is deeper in the report. Listen to the only show that gives Mr. Holcomb and the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Report on Business® the time and detailed discussion needed to fully understand what is h...

Hear from two leading Chambers of Commerce, the American Small Business Chamber of Commerce headed by Cris Young with over 200,000 members, and the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce led by Margot Dorfman with over 500,000 members, as they discuss the respective missions of their organizations as advocates of small businesses across the country, and women as employees, management and entrepreneurs....

Learn what is happening in manufacturing from East to West, across 3 continents and 28 countries, from China through the U.S., past the UK and into the EU. Is the global manufacturing economy going to sputter on for months, pick up or peter out? With some signs of weakness and other signs of strength, it is difficult to plan and confusing to comprehend. Tune in as Manufacturing Talk Radio show hos...

Join co-hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss as they continue to examine the relationship between prison slave labor systems protected by state or federal governments that compete with U.S. manufacturers which have stolen American taxpayers jobs and forced plant layoffs or closures. Hear from guest Michael Mansh, president of Pennsylvania Apparel LLC who used to have a plant in Kentucky which they shut d...

Prison strike actions are anticipated beginning Sept 9, 2016 in federal, state and city prisons and jails, along with juvenile and immigrant detention facilities over the issue of forced slave labor allowed under the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution adopted in 1865 and vastly expanded under an Executive Order by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. Slavery has now expanded from punishme...

Mr. Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair of the ISM’s Manufacturing Report on Business(R) presents his insights on the latest Purchasing Manager’s Index and why it appears to be “a breather” from the above 50 midpoint that signals manufacturing expansion unless, as Chris Kuehl noted economist with Armada Corporate Intelligence and Economist for the FMA, it is a harbinger of things to come as his Credit M...

Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing sits down with Tim Grady and Lew Weiss to discuss 8 ways a divided Congress and White House can boost manufacturing, covering infrastructure, innovation, tax reform, China, Made in America, the opening of foreign markets, job training and energy independence.  You may have heard these topics here and there – now tune in for one conci...

Manufacturers are losing contracts to Unicor, GEO, Deptcor and over a dozen other private prison operators, unable to compete with prison labor rates, or not even allowed to bid on some contracts under an unfair system permitted under the 13th Amendment to the U.S Constitution and launched in 1934 by President Roosevelt with the creation of Federal Prisons Systems (FPI) also known as Unicor.  The...

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How are leaders in Rust Belt cities and towns across America and Europe creating the renaissance from dilapidated factories to hotbeds of technological innovation? Find the answers as co-hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss interview Antoine van Agtmael, author of “The Smartest Places on Earth – Why Rustbelts Are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Join co-hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss on Manufacturing Talk Radio as they delve into the ISM’s Manufacturing Report on Business(R) with Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair for this illuminating monthly update on the state of manufacturing in the U.S. Then stay tuned for Chris Kuehl, FMA economist with Armada Corporate Intelligence as he provides his wit and spin on the state of manufacturing here and ar...

Are high schools equally preparing young men and young women for blue collar jobs?  Are they equally emphasizing career and technical training or going to college?  A study by April Sutton, Amanda Bosky and Chandra Muller would indicate that in blue-collar communities suffer severe wage penalties relative to their male peers and women from non-blue collar communities.  Listen to co-author Amanda B...

How can manufacturers keep older technology relevant in a face of constantly changing innovation? Potomac Photonic’s CEO and President Mike Adelstein is with us to explain how choosing tools that enable the integration of traditional and new technologies is the key to innovative solutions and hear how your factory floor can stay in step. Then stay on as Chad Moutray, Chief Economist with the Natio...

Chad Moutray, Chief Economist with the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) gives us his perspective on Brexit and what’s in store for manufacturers here and abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor Adriana Sanford, Mfg Talk Radio’s Senior International Correspondent for Corporate Compliance and Ethics, and Clinical Associate Professor at the W.P. Carey School of Business, visiting research professor of the Universidad de Talca, Facultad de Economia y Negocios, and a Dean’s Visiting Scholar of Georgetown University Law Center will be with us to discuss the legal and ethical issues b...

Mr. Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair of the ISM’s Report on Business® presents the latest in-depth information on the PMI® Purchasing Manager’s Index covering June 2016. Brad offers listeners keen insights into the meaning behind the numbers. Then stay with us as Armada Corporate Intelligence’s Chris Kuehl, PhD and economist with the FMA, adds humor and wit to the service and manufacturing sector’s C...

Todd Berch, Manager, Office of Apprenticeship Training with the Connecticut Department of Labor, and Gary Coviello, Technical Support/Safety Manager at The Carby Corporation, are with us to discuss the state’s apprenticeship training program and how together they’re bridging the skills gap. Through this tremendously successful partnership of public and private enterprise, manufacturers across the...

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