Media Minute— a weekly dispatch of local, national and world news impacting West Virginia’s manufacturing industry.

West Virginia

MMDC Brings Manufacturing Leaders Together
The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)
Bob Pepper is chairman of the West Virginia Manufacturers Association. He is the Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at NGK Spark ...

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice, Legislative Leaders Still Divided on Budget
Wheeling Intelligencer

“We believe that is one of the primary issues that impedes the growth of the West Virginia economy. And the best way to reform our taxes is to get rid of ...

Covestro LLC awarded for excellent product safety and stewardship efforts for second year in a row
Yahoo Finance
... leading producer of high-performance polymers in North America, has received a Product Safety Award from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) ...

Appalachian Storage Hub is W.Va.'s Chance to Lead
The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)
That region has become the epicenter of the petrochemical industry in the United States. The opportunity presented to West Virginia, Pennsylvania, ...

Commercial activities tax is a 'nonstarter' on budget, Carmichael says
West Virginia MetroNews
“The commercial activity tax is a nonstarter,” Carmichael said today on MetroNews' ... a commercial activities tax in an article titled “Late-breaking West Virginia ... This is tax reform that cuts significantly and does so by slightly raising ...

Path Open to Creation of New Manufacturing Jobs
Wheeling Intelligencer
... to do what they do best: grow our economy and create jobs. Eddy is president and chief executive officer of Eagle Manufacturing Co. in Wellsburg.

Sunday Perspective: Reinventing West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
Consider the hardwood industry, an old industry, which has potential for jobs and manufacturing all over West Virginia, writes Roberta Baylor of the ...

W.Va. Timber: Yes, Money Can Grow on Trees
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
One of the oldest and largest industries in West Virginia is the timber and wood ... West Virginia is rich in this renewable natural resource, but the housing ... products company, or a wood yard, or somebody manufacturing something ...

US EDA, ARC announce total $2.8 million in grants
Beckley Register-Herald
Manchin said the grant will foster economic growth in West Virginia. ... they focus on advanced manufacturing technologies and the jobs of the future.”.

$6 million in funding announced for southern W.Va. projects
West Virginia MetroNews
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — More than $6 million in federal funds will help create jobs in manufacturing, agriculture and healthcare in southern West ...

Trump is making manufacturing great again
Baltimore Sun
Manufacturers in the U.S. are feeling more optimistic about the economy ... according to a new National Association of Manufacturers' (NAM) survey.

Budget compromise bill may combine Justice's revenue plans, Republican tax reform
The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)
West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, said leaders in the House of Delegates and Senate are preparing to work out a budget ...

Grant County gun manufacturer may blaze trail to Sugar Grove
West Virginia MetroNews
SUGAR GROVE, W.Va. — One of West Virginia's burgeoning gun manufacturers thinks he could help serve disabled veterans and multiply his work ...

United States

UK and US building new 'special relationship' for manufacturing sectors
Telegraph.co.uk
Britain's EEF, which represents 20,000 manufacturing and engineering businesses, and its US counterpart the National Association of Manufacturers ...

Trump is making manufacturing great again
Baltimore Sun
Manufacturers in the U.S. are feeling more optimistic about the economy ... according to a new National Association of Manufacturers' (NAM) survey.

Capito delivers optimistic message to Huntington chamber
Huntington Herald Dispatch
... in manufacturing, tax reform and health care in Washington," said Capito, R-W.Va. "West Virginia is having serious economic issues, but we are also ...