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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Gardner Business Index shows slow expansion in third quarter

The Gardner Business Index (GBI) closed September at 58.0. Employment, production, new orders and backlog activity all registered slowing expansion during September.

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October 5, 2021

Gardner Business Index (GBI) ended August at 58.8
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Gardner Business Index (GBI) ended August at 58.8

The Gardner Business Index (GBI) ended August at 58.8, marking the second consecutive month that the overall Index moved lower.

Leadership Manufacturing

September 15, 2021

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