Let’s encourage our children and grandchildren to appreciate-and aspire to-real craftsmanship. It enriches the lives of those who practice it, as well as the lives of those with whom they share the fruits of their labor.

Facing a decline in membership, unions are supporting legislation called the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA, H.R. 800), which has passed the House and currently is on the calendar in the Senate.

Build your career by visiting ATExpo, MD&M Midwest, National Manufacturing Week, the Elec-tronics Assembly Show and PlasTec Midwest.

Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates just invested $2 billion in thin-film photovoltaic production equipment. Why would a couple of oil producer do this?

Both MIG and TIG welding are well-suited for a wide range of assembly applications in manufacturing.

As more girls get involved in engineering careers, everybody wins.

ATExpo, MD&M Midwest, National Manufacturing Week, the Electronics Assembly Show and PlasTec Midwest add up to a career-builder!

The U.S. Labor Department reported last week that new applications for jobless benefits rose to 384,000, up 25,000 from the previous week. Paradoxi-cally, perhaps, many companies continue reporting a severe shortage of skilled labor.

Automakers usually try to find the best way to assemble the cars they build. In a bizarre twist on this theme, Mazda has spent the past 2 years and probably millions of dollars figuring out how to destroy cars.

At press time, American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. (Detroit) remains locked in a month-plus long strike with the United Auto Workers union over proposed pay cuts.