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| October 11, 2024
Immediate R&D Tax Expensing For Manufacturers Must Be Restored

Immediate R&D Tax Expensing For Manufacturers Must Be Restored Randy Wolken, President & CEO For more than two years, manufacturers have been unable to deduct their research and development (R&D)...

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| October 7, 2024
MACNY and PEB Mark the Official Start of Manufacturing Month on National Manufacturing Day by Hosting Hundreds of Students and Educators for Tours at Local Manufacturing Facilities

SYRACUSE, NY - October is New York State’s official celebration of Manufacturing Month, which aligns with National Manufacturing Day (MFG Day), on the first Friday of the month. On Thursday,...

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| October 4, 2024
Ports Strike Averted That Would Have Hurt Manufacturers

Ports Strike Averted That Would Have Hurt Manufacturers Randy Wolken, President & CEO U.S. dockworkers agreed to return to work after port operators sweetened their contract offer, ending a three-day...

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| October 2, 2024
Where would you like to be?

Where would you like to be? David Freund, Chief Leadership Officer As we approach the last quarter of 2024, it's time to ask where we would like to be in...

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| September 30, 2024
Manufacturing Matters: October 2024

View this month’s issue of Manufacturing Matters.   INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Cover Story: October is Manufacturing Month!   Page 3 | President's Message: New Nuclear Power is Needed to Grow...

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| September 27, 2024
Worker Skills And Autonomy Set To Grow Rapidly

Worker Skills And Autonomy Set To Grow Rapidly Randy Wolken, President & CEO How do you plan in a world that is becoming increasingly complex? Often, the counterintuitive answer is...

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| September 20, 2024
Increasing Industrial Productivity

Increasing Industrial Productivity Randy Wolken, President & CEO Over the years, technologies promise to transform industrial production, especially including AI most recently. However, organizations must still figure out how to...

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| September 18, 2024
Take the High Road

Take the High Road David Freund, Chief Leadership Officer This past June, John Maxwell released his latest book, High Road Leadership. As I listened to people discussing our upcoming election,...

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| September 13, 2024
Immigration Is Remaking The U.S. Workforce

Immigration Is Remaking The U.S. Workforce Randy Wolken, President & CEO A recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article analyzed how an unprecedented surge of illegal migrants has remade the composition...

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| September 6, 2024
Build Your Future Workforce

Build Your Future Workforce Randy Wolken, President &CEO Recently, MACNY received a $6 million US DOL grant to assist manufacturers in hiring and training 800 Registered Apprentices over the next...

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| September 4, 2024
Are You in the 10 Percent?

Are You in the 10 Percent? David Freund, Chief Leadership Officer Last month I heard a teaching from John Maxwell that really got me thinking. John stated that only 10...

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| August 30, 2024
Manufacturing Matters: September 2024

View this month’s issue of Manufacturing Matters.   INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Cover Story: A Perfect Day on the Greens at MACNY's 27th Annual Golf Tournament   Page 3 | President's...

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| August 30, 2024
Reimagine Talent and Upskilling

Reimagine Talent and Upskilling Randy Wolken, President & CEO AI’s impact on talent and the skills needed for the future is massive. The technology’s potential to accelerate automation and transform operating models...

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| August 23, 2024
Manufacturing Month 2024

Manufacturing Month 2024 Randy Wolken, President & CEO It may still be August, but it’s never too early to remind you that October is Manufacturing Month! Preparations are well underway...

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| August 21, 2024
Crystal Ward Joins MACNY as Finance & Contracts Administration Specialist

We're pleased to welcome Crystal Ward to the team as the Finance & Contracts Administration Specialist. In this role, Crystal will support the Finance Department with various administrative and clerical...

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| August 21, 2024
Three Keys to Growth

Three Keys to Growth David Freund, Chief Leadership Officer              Last week, I attended the International Maxwell Certification conference. Unfortunately, I needed to attend virtually, but it was still an amazing...

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| August 16, 2024
New Nuclear Power Is Needed to Meet Climate Goals – And Grow A Modern Economy

New Nuclear Power Is Needed to Meet Climate Goals - And Grow A Modern Economy Randy Wolken, President & CEO Last week, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New York State...

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| August 14, 2024
MACNY Expands Real Life Rosies™ and Advance 2 Apprenticeship Direct Entry Pre-Apprenticeship Programs to Onondaga and Oswego Counties

MACNY, The Manufacturers Association has received $195,000 in funding from the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) under the Direct Entry Pre-Apprenticeship (DEPA) Program to expand the Real Life...

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| August 9, 2024
Reshoring and Direct Foreign Investments Drive Job Growth

Reshoring and Direct Foreign Investments Drive Job Growth Randy Wolken, President & CEO Reshoring and foreign direct investment (FDI) have increased job announcements in the last few years and continued...

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| August 7, 2024
How Are You Feeling?

How Are You Feeling? David Freund, Chief Leadership Officer How are you feeling as the summer rolls along? I hope you have made time to enjoy some time off with...

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