Category: Chemical

April Is Slow Growing

Spring is here, but cooler temperatures and rainy weather seem to have slowed down normal seasonal trends.  “Slight growth” is probably the best way to describe the growth for U.S. manufacturers in April.  The upside is that the overall US…

Zach Price & TRG Manufacturing Complete Successful Search

(Richmond, VA) April 22, 2014 – The Richmond Group USA is excited to announce the successful completion of a search for a Lead Electrical Engineer in Richmond, VA. Our client, a global manufacturing of specialty ingredients, plans to start construction…

Zach Price and TRG Chemicals Announce Completion of Successful Engineer Search

(Richmond, VA) April 4, 2014 – The Richmond Group USA is pleased to announce the successful completion of a search for Corporate Process Engineer in Kansas City, Kansas. Our client, an integrated manufacturer of specialty chemicals, is executing their aggressive…

What’s Your Plan?

In the years heading into “the Great Recession, a major concern for businesses was the coming brain drain, which would be caused by Boomers retiring in droves from the workplace, and taking with them their vast technical skills, historical knowledge,…

Manufacturing Trends heading in to Q2

According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, Manufacturing employment took a dip in March by 29,000 jobs. Two big stories at the end of March continue to be economic growth and personal consumption growth, yet American manufacturing continued to deal with…

US Manufacturing Showed Signs of Rebounding in February

After reporting some contraction over the last five months, US manufacturing activity in February showed signs of a bounce back in the most recent ISM Manufacturing index. “Brad Holcomb, chair of the ISM Manufacturing Survey Business Committee, said in an…

Unemployment Sneaks Down To 4.9%

While global economic fluctuations sent the stock market on a wild ride in January, the US unemployment rate dropped another 0.1% to 4.9%, which is its lowest level since February 2008. Economists are projecting some more wage and inflation pressure…

Manufacturing A Bit Sluggish In November

Reports are showing that the overall US economy grew for the 78th consecutive month, but US manufacturing has slowed a bit during the last couple of months. The recent ISM manufacturing index said that manufacturing numbers contracted in November for…

US Down To 5% Unemployment

Manufacturing has been flat the last couple of months, but the overall economy seems to be doing well. We are now at 5% unemployment which is considered the threshold for full employment by the Fed and many private economists. This…