High-tech manufacturing companies in Broken Arrow are in desperate need of some skilled workers. The city has about 300 manufacturers — the third highest concentration in the state — and companies like Baker Hughes, Hill Manufacturing and NOV Enerflow are hiring, the Tulsa World‘s Zack Stoycoff reports: “They can’t grow our economy as fast as [...]
Oklahoma exports reached record levels during the first half of 2012, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The outflow of more than $3.4 billion worth of goods is an increase of 12 percent, markedly higher than the national average of 7 percent, reports the Tulsa World‘s Kyle Arnold. Thirty-four states set [...]
Industrial fabricator Total Energy is expanding into Stillwater, a move expected to bring hundreds of new jobs to the area by the end of 2013. Total Energy — which makes storage tanks, high-pressure vessels and other products for industrial and utility customers — will move into the Quad/Graphics plant, which is slated for closure this year. [...]
Jeans and rock band t-shirts are the uniform at Keeley Electronics, and almost every one of the 18 or so employees works with earbuds in — and an iPod nearby. This doesn’t seem like a factory, but it is. And it’s growing and expanding in a state that’s been hemorrhaging manufacturing jobs.
Oklahoma has lost more than 20,000 manufacturing jobs since 2008, reports KOSU’s Ben Allen, who filed a story that highlights how the state’s employment is evolving. Unfortunately, as Allen reports, the shift is bringing plant closings, layoffs and unemployment. The KOSU piece examines the plight of the Mercury Mercruiser plant in Stillwater, which boasted about [...]
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