The Manufacturing Disconnect?

If you read our blog regularly, you’ve probably learned a few things about manufacturing. Here are a few of our big focus points: There’s an enormous lack of skilled workers, with over 600,000 manufacturing jobs open today STEM skills are a great pathway to a high-paying career There are a number of great careers in […]

4 Great Manufacturing Scholarships

Even though most community colleges and trade schools are much less expensive than 4-year institutions, you may still need or want financial help if you’re considering going into manufacturing. The good news is that there are a lot of manufacturing scholarships out there for anyone who needs a little help getting through school. We’ve compiled […]

What in the World is Lights-Out Manufacturing?

We’ve already covered a few manufacturing definitions here on the blog, and on Monday, we highlighted local manufacturer MetalQuest Unlimited. But one thing that we left out of our post on Monday–and something we haven’t defined yet–is also something that MetalQuest Unlimited does. It’s called lights-out manufacturing, and it’s a pretty cool process that more and […]

More Manufacturing Day Events in Nebraska

This post was last updated on September 25th, 2013. Check back periodically for more events, as we’ll update this blog whenever a new event is scheduled. A few weeks ago, we wrote a post about this year’s Manufacturing Day on October 4th (a Friday). Back then, there were only a couple of events scheduled in […]

Manufacturers in Nebraska: MetalQuest Unlimited

This post is part of an ongoing series of manufacturer profiles. The blogs will cover some of the many names in manufacturing in the state of Nebraska. Check back later for more posts in the series. To see previous posts in the series, click here. Last week, we wrote a blog about Millard Manufacturing–a small Nebraska […]

Having Fun with Manufacturing

Despite our many serious conversations about manufacturing, manufacturing isn’t actually all work and no play. Manufacturing companies and manufacturing employees like to have fun, too, and we wanted to take some time on this Friday afternoon to show you a few ways to have fun with manufacturing. Training The Houston Chronicle published an article about the […]

4 Steps to an Internship in Manufacturing

We already know that in Nebraska, manufacturing offers a number of good, better-paying jobs. And we also know that there are a number of resources here in the state that can help you get started finding manufacturing jobs. And in manufacturing, just like most other places these days, getting an internship will help you later […]

A Behind the Scenes Look at Manufacturing a Viper (and a Tesla Model S)

In our “10 Great Products that are Made in the U.S.A.” post, we mentioned a huge industry in the manufacturing world–automaking. And even though we’ve talked about Kawasaki, a powersports manufacturer with a factory right here in Nebraska, what we’re talking about today may very well be the coolest thing we’ve talked about yet. Meet […]

The 20 Best Manufacturing Blogs Around

If you’re looking to learn more about manufacturing (and for some reason want to leave our blog), there are few resources out there that are better than blogs–which is why we starting Manufacturing Nebraska. But unfortunately, compiled lists of manufacturing blogs are few and far between, which makes it hard to know what’s good and […]

Manufacturers in Nebraska: Millard Manufacturing

This post is part of an ongoing series of manufacturer profiles. The blogs will cover some of the many names in manufacturing in the state of Nebraska. Check back later for more posts in the series. To see previous posts in the series, click here. Up until this point, all of our profiles of Nebraska manufacturers […]