IHS Markit’s Purchasing Managers’ Indexes for services and manufacturing are a mixed bag.

Sales of things like drill presses, electrical equipment and metalworking tools were up for the seventh-straight month in September.

Although prices for aluminum and zinc are ticking up, Adam Schaller, vice president of a Michigan metal foundry, says business is growing.

Purchasing managers reports from both ISM and IHS find that firms are struggling to meet demand due to shortages of labor and materials.

China has more than enough coal underground to service the country’s needs.

Manufacturers complain they can’t find skilled workers, even as they face a wave of retirements of older white men.

You get fewer tissues in a cubed box than a horizontal one, despite similar prices.

Spartanburg County is receiving more investment this year than in the last four years, much of it in manufacturing.

It will take a lot to make the U.S. a meaningful competitor in the production of solar equipment.

There are myriad regional twists to hot dogs. The bun is no exception.