Lehigh Valley manufacturing and the rise of the robots

Lehigh Valley manufacturing and the rise of the robots

VIDEO Local steel plant adding jobs… ALLENTOWN, Pa. – For many years now, America has been locked in a fierce debate about manufacturing jobs leaving the United States, where they are going, and why. When one digs into the numbers, it is indeed true that employment in the manufacturing sector has gone down. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are almost 2 million fewer factory jobs now in America than there were a decade ago.

But another less discussed fact is also true: during that same period of time, manufacturing production has gone up, after a significant dip […]

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