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NAM to Congress: Pass Export-Import Bank Revision Bill

The bipartisan EXIM Bank Continuity in Competitiveness Act, introduced late last month by Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), makes a much-needed change to the operations of the Export-Import Bank (press release from Rep. Lawler’s office. What else is needed: The NAM is leading a coalition of industry organizations that have

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Manufacturer Bolsters U.S. Pharma Supply Chain

PR Newswire). What’s going on: The Alliance for Building Better Medicine, a group co-founded by Phlow, will receive a $15.97 million investment from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to establish a wholly domestic route for pharmaceutical commercialization in Virginia, it announced in late July. Led by nonprofit drug manufacturer Civica and supported by Phlow and…

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Protolabs to Support MIT Research on Defense, Medical Innovation Scaling

interview with Bloomberg, Protolabs President and CEO Suresh Krishna highlighted the NAM’s “critical role” in promoting both large and small manufacturers and helping to strengthen American supply chains, saying he was “very proud” of his partnership with NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons. “We need the policies that the NAM is advocating for to help…

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Global Manufacturing Edges Higher as Employment Growth Hits Three-Year High

In August, growth in global manufacturing strengthened slightly from July, ticking up from 52.1 to 52.3. Output and new orders both improved at faster paces than the prior month. Meanwhile, lead times lengthened, but the rate of increase eased to the lowest level since March. Employment rose at the quickest pace in three years while…

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