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Gardner Intelligence: Business Index of 61.4 Reflects Expansion in New Orders and Production at Accelerated Rates

With the exceptions of exports and supplier deliveries, 2022 has been good for trends in manufacturing activity measured as part of GBI.

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April 26, 2022

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NIST MEP Helps Manufacturers Respond to the Pandemic and Thrive Despite It

MEP Centers in every state are helping companies in new and different ways that include helping protect their workforce during the pandemic, finding sources of capital, stabilizing their supply chains and protecting manufacturers from cybersecurity threats.

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April 11, 2022

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Baker Hughes Collaborates With C3 AI, Accenture and Microsoft on Industrial Asset Management Solutions

The companies will also explore collaborating on solutions that help achieve net zero carbon emissions and decarbonize energy and industrial sectors, including emissions management.

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March 24, 2022

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NAM’s Q1 Outlook Survey Reveals Inflation, Hiring and Tax Concerns

While manufacturers remain mostly optimistic in their economic outlook (88.8%, up from 86.8% in Q4), the survey was conducted prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Leadership Manufacturing

March 22, 2022

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Emerson to Sell Therm-O-Disc Business to One Rock Capital Partners

The sale of Therm-O-Disc represents the next step in the company’s drive toward a higher-growth, more diversified and cohesive portfolio.

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March 8, 2022

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DOE Launches Cybersecurity Program to Modernize Grid

The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Lab have launched the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator to support efforts to modernize the grid and address cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

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February 14, 2022

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January 2022 Gardner Business Index Closes at 58.4

The index reported a modest one-month gain but still four points above the level from one year ago.

Leadership Manufacturing

February 8, 2022

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Gardner Business Index for December 2021: 57.6

GBI ends 2021 slightly better than where the year started.

Leadership Manufacturing

January 10, 2022

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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Warns of Threats

The critical manufacturing sector is at risk from increased cyber-attack surface areas and limited cybersecurity workforces related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leadership Manufacturing

January 3, 2022

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Manufacturers Supplying the Defense Industry Face New Cybersecurity Standards

The measure is designed to enhance national security and install a unified cybersecurity front to protect every manufacturer that contributes to a government project, even if it’s a single, small component.

Leadership Manufacturing

November 3, 2021

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Gardner Business Index—October 2021

Business activity quickens thanks to broad-based gains.

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November 2, 2021

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Emerson and AspenTech enter agreement on new software strategy

Emerson and AspenTech announced in a press release on Oct. 11 that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement to contribute Emerson’s industrial software businesses—OSI Inc. and the Geological Simulation Software business—to AspenTech to create a diversified, high-performance industrial software leader with greater scale, capabilities and technologies.

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October 12, 2021

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