Media Minute is a weekly dispatch of local, national and world news impacting West Virginia’s manufacturing industry.
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Media Minute is a weekly dispatch of local, national and world news impacting West Virginia’s manufacturing industry.
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Why pharma companies are bowing out of generics
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Since the 1980s, after a branded drug's patent expires, manufacturers dive into the market, pushing prices down 80 percent to 90 percent. While that's ...
State leaders need to focus energy on promoting forestry industry
The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)
A recent study by the Appalachian Hardwood Center and West Virginia ... includes container and pallet manufacturing, which is big in West Virginia.
Petya cyberattack halts Merck production, hurts profits
Healthcare IT News
A West Virginia hospital system replaced all of its hard drives and is still attempting to get all systems back to full operation. FedEx reported the ...
Senate Dems press for bipartisan talksto overhaul tax code
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
Senate Dems press for bipartisan talks to overhaul tax code ... that we will be able to earn their support with our tax reform agenda,” he said, sitting beside ... Joe Manchin of West Virginia, faces difficult reelection prospects of his own.
Relationship Remains Strained Between Justice, Legislature
Wheeling Intelligencer
WHEELING — During his first seven months in office, West Virginia Gov. ... session in June that Justice and Senate leadership agreed on tax reform, ...
Americans are too drugged up to work: Manufacturing companies are turning to ROBOTS as the ...
Daily Mail
One West Virginia company reported that half of its applicants for a manufacturing job fail or refuse to take a mandatory pre-employment drug test.
'Coal to cars'? Ky. company bets that could be a thing
E&E News
His other company, Ramaco Resources, went public in January and is bringing two West Virginia mines online, hoping to take advantage of improving ...
'Little Engine Plant That Could'
Ward's Auto
Curry is president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia located in Buffalo, WV. The 21-year-old factory manufactures 4- and 6-cyl. engines and ..
The Dominion Post
CHARLESTON — West Virginia's Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito voted July 28 to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act in legislation ...
What Congress can learn from West Virginia about tax reform and budgets
100 Days in Appalachia
What Congress can learn from West Virginia about tax reform and budgets. Gov. Jim Justice delivers his first State of the State speech on Wednesday, ...
Maintenance and Repair Shop Is Closing After 80 Years
U.S. News & World Report
(AP) — An 80-year-old maintenance and repair shop in West Virginia is closing its doors due to struggles in the coal and manufacturing industries.
Jeff Vandall named to new development post
Huntington Herald Dispatch
CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Development Office has named a new deputy director and sales director for its Business and Industrial ...
Scouts visit RCBI 3-D printing exhibit
Huntington Herald Dispatch
RCBI is showcasing the additive manufacturing technology as an exhibitor in the West Virginia Exhibit tent, where attendees have the opportunity to ...
'Jim's Promise': Highway infrastructure projects to create jobs
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
'Jim's Promise': Highway infrastructure projects to create jobs ... Roads to Prosperity,” West Virginia'sgovernor spoke Wednesday to local leaders ... We surely need to revitalize our coal industry, but we need to bring real live tourism ...
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) “There's An Awful Lot At Stake Right Now.”
FOX News Radio (blog)
I'm a West Va. Democrat, I'm sure not a Washington Democrat but I want to get things done. I came here to do something, and I'm ready to work with ...
United States
Stihl's manufacturing technology summer camp helps to address the skills gap
Virginian-Pilot
Over the next decade, 2 million manufacturing jobs out of 3.5 million available ... to go unfilled according to the National Association of Manufacturers.
Industry to EPA: We want rule 'fixed, not just gone'
E&E News
The heavy-hitting U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers advocated an "inside-the-fence" approach to power ...
Foxconn, Wisconsin's Manufacturing Future?
urbanmilwaukee
For all its limitations, the free market does a pretty good job of allocating ... Since the recession manufacturing jobs have either stabilized or grown ...
ACC Reports June Chemicals Growth
www.breakbulk.com
The American Chemistry Council has reported that global chemicals production rose 0.4 percent in June, indicating a positive outlook for industrial ...
