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Job Losses Continue to Mount for Manufacturing
Last Friday’s (June 5) report by Keith Hall, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, before the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, found that “nonfarm payroll employment declined by 345,000 in May. Job losses had averaged 643,000 per month during the prior 6 months…Since the recession began in December 2007, payroll employment has fallen by 6.0 million, and the unemployment rate has increased by 4.5 percentage points.”
Also of note: “Since the start of the recession, manufacturing employment has decreased by 1.8 million, accounting for 3 out of 10 jobs lost during this downturn…Among those outside the labor force—that is, persons neither working nor looking for work—the number of discouraged workers was 792,000 in May, up from 400,000 a year earlier. These individuals are not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them.”
First-Quarter Stainless-Steel Production at Lowest Level Since 2000
According to preliminary stainless-steel production figures released on Monday, June 8, by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF), 4.8 million tons of stainless steel was produced worldwide during the first quarter of 2009, the lowest level of first-quarter production since 2000. Compared to the same period last year, global production of stainless decreased by 34.5 percent. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2008, stainless-steel production dropped by 0.5 percent globally, although production increased in the Americas (by 10.2 percent) and in China (by 23.7 percent).
Seminar: Quoting Jobs in a Challenging Economy
Anyone responsible for cost-estimating and quoting metalforming and fabricating work will appreciate the words of wisdom to be offered up by Allen Berger, partner at Blackman Kallick Bartelstein LLP, Chicago, IL, during his July 16 seminar in Cleveland, OH. The seminar, Pricing Jobs for Today’s Economy, is targeted toward owners, presidents, managers, estimators, engineers, CEOs, CFOs and accountants. Berger will address these and other topics: cost and price standards, activity-based costing, quality control, capital budgeting, and pricing jobs from a global perspective.
For more information on this and other seminars and webinars from the Precision Metalforming Association, visit www.pma.org/register, or contact Deanna Nwosu: 216/901-8800, dnwosu@pma.org.
2009 PMA Awards of Excellence
Nine companies, in eight categories, represent the best our industry offers.
Error-Free Automated Assembly a Money Saver
An inhouse-designed automated-staking assembly cell economically eliminates human error in producing seating components for this Tennessee automotive supplier.
