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

West Virginia

Eagle Manufacturing's CEO honored as 'Sharp Shooter'
The Steubenville Herald-Star
STATE HONOR — Joe Eddy, president and chief executive officer of Eagle Manufacturing of Wellsburg, is one of 10 West Virginia business leaders to ...

West Virginia editorial roundup
Island Packet
West Virginia has not fared as well as the economy transitioned from manufacturing and mining, to service, to information, and now to digital. Today's ...

Scathing Justice lets budget pass but won't sign it
West Virginia MetroNews
“West Virginia's dire financial situation will force us to make a choice in the future: We will have to continue making cuts to programs and services, ...

Daily Mail editorial: Are West Virginia's best days ahead or behind us?
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
Elsewhere on this West Virginia Day edition of the Daily Mail Opinion page, columnist ... West Virginia has not fared as well as the economy transitioned from manufacturing and mining, to service, to information, and now to digital.

Abundant supplies of Marcellus Shale gas could lead to more chemical plants
StateImpact Pennsylvania
In the Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia region, production has grown almost 10-fold since 2011, Wilczewski said. “By our calculations, you could ...

Italian Manufacturer Building $10M Plant In West Virginia
Business Facilities Magazine
TeMa North America plans to build a manufacturing facility in the Burr Business Park in Kearneysville, WV. The 42,000-square-foot plant is expected to ...

More Myths, Misinformation About W.Va. Tax Reform
The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)
The road to tax reform in West Virginia remains seriously impeded by myths and misinformation. These involve such fundamental issues as how taxes ...

MOVING TARGETS: W.Va. Growing a Record of Changing Laws to Head Off Lawsuits
The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)
In August 2016, shortly after the Republican-controlled West Virginia Legislature passed a right-to-work bill that would have prevented labor unions ...

Safe Gas Pipelines Critical to Our Quality of Life
Wheeling Intelligencer
At Eagle Manufacturing, natural gas fuels our operations and provides the raw materials for many of the products we create for: spill containment, ...

McAuliffe headed to Europe for 13-day trade mission - WVVA TV Bluefield Beckley WV News ...
WVVA TV (registration)
RICHMOND, Va. ... All rights reserved. ... While Republican West Virginia legislative leaders rammed a right-to-work bill into law this year, unions and ...

Appalachian Storage Hub an opportunity for W.Va.
Parkersburg News
Throughout the history of the United States, West Virginia has done the ... and manufacturing, resulting in lost job opportunities, economic resilience, ...

Small-scale manufacturing is on the rise in American cities
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
But now, because of changes in technology and consumer tastes, smaller-scale manufacturing is making a comeback in urban areas around the ...

Energy efficiency industries find promise and barriers in W.Va.
The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)
The study, published last month by the nonprofit American Jobs Project, says that by providing energy solutions to manufacturers, West Virginia could ...

BSC to receive $1.5M grant for enhancement of manufacturing, technology programs
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
“A core group of skilled manufacturing workers will offer another great ... “As a long-time advocate for ARC's role in growing West Virginia's economy, ...

United States

Tax reform 'critical' to helping the manufacturing industry, National Association of Manufacturers ...
Fox Business
National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons, Fox News political contributor Tammy Bruce and Patriarch Organization ...

API data show a weekly decline in US crude supply, sources say
MarketWatch
The American Petroleum Institute reported Tuesday a decline of 2.7 million barrels in U.S. crude supplies for the week ended June 16, according to ...

Can Apple Disrupt Automotive Manufacturing?
Seeking Alpha
The automotive industry is a capital intensive industry that is difficult (some claim impossible) to disrupt. Can Apple succeed? After more than a dozen ...