Melissa Vecchi News Today

PITTSBURGH – Bedford High School will be among 50 teams competing in the 19th season of BotsIQ’s combat robotics program’s finals at PennWest California on Friday and Saturday.

Softball bats will be the first thing produced at a new manufacturing plant in New Kensington. Components for satellites are the second. Production for both will begin next year at Re:Build Manufacturing’s facility in the New Kensington Advanced Manufacturing Park, formerly the Schreiber Industrial Park along the Allegheny River in

For Noah Kleckner, a senior at Burrell High School who completed a pre-apprenticeship program at school, safety protocols for personal protection are huge. “You don’t want metal shavings in your eye,” he said. Kleckner, 19, of Lower Burrell earned seven state certifications in safety, quality, manufacturing and maintenance in Burrell’s

Two women working for Alle-Kiski Valley companies recently were recognized by a national organization that focuses on supporting women in the manufacturing industry. Pamela Neale, a senior tool designer for JK Tool Inc. in Upper Burrell, and Paula Burkett, an order entry coordinator for J.V. Manufacturing Co. in Harrison, recently

The US recovery is being threatened by a wave of omicron infections that has put 5 million workers into quarantine.

The omicron coronavirus variant is slowing the economic recovery, making worker shortages for already-shorthanded employers more severe and leading consumers to pull back from spending on restaurants, hotels and airlines that have been battered by two years of pandemic upheaval.

Many employers vow to stay open but struggle as employees fall sick or quarantine.