September 22, 2022 A Delicate Balance: How Structure, Creativity and the Innovation Process all Play a Role in Advancing Change By Jaime Vos, Director, Safety Materials Program —After my first week of being hired at a manufacturing company, I saw an opportunity for efficiency if workers simply altered...
September 12, 2022 The Aging Workforce: 4 Ways Manufacturers Can Prepare Themselves By Julie Davis, AEM Senior Director, Workforce and Industry Initiatives, SHRM-CP —For quite some time now, manufacturers have been carefully watching and planning for workforce...
August 29, 2022 Why High-Regulatory Risk Will Hit Manufacturers Next (and What to Do About ESG) By Johnathan Josephs, MSL, AEM Regulatory Affairs Manager — There is a growing need for the equipment manufacturing industry to identify risk drivers and effectively implement...
August 15, 2022 Prepare Yourself for ‘Braving the Elements’ Ahead at the 2022 AEM Annual Conference By Al Cervero, AEM Senior Vice President of Technology, Content and Revenue Creation — Let me tell you a secret about today, tomorrow and the year ahead of us – and how it all...
July 25, 2022 Attention Exhibitors: Are You Ready to Make the Most of CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2023? By Dana Wuesthoff, CONEXPO-CON/AGG Show Director— It’s been almost three years since anyone has put together a trade show booth in preparation for CONEXPO-CON/AGG or IFPE, and a...
July 14, 2022 Want to Engage the Workforce of Tomorrow? Consider Your Community Outreach Opportunities By Sara Feuling, AEM Senior Director of Construction — Yes, it’s another article on workforce.With record-high retirements and record-low birth rates, we won’t stop talking...
July 11, 2022 Empowering Cultural Innovation With Your Workforce By Jaime Vos, Director, AEM Safety Materials Program — “That’s the goofiest idea I’ve ever heard!”I sat in stunned silence, the comment crushing me to the core. I had given...
July 7, 2022 How Merchants Can Reduce Costs With Level 3 Processing By Marcy Bok, Marketing Director, i3Verticals — You have probably been told that business credit cards are expensive to process but that isn’t exactly true. There are steps...
July 7, 2022 Reintroducing: I Make America's Grassroots Campaign By Wade Balkonis, AEM Director of Grassroots Advocacy —As the director of AEM’s grassroots advocacy campaign,I Make America, I am always seeking new ways to get the 2.8 million...
June 20, 2022 Leveling Up Your PR Efforts: Where to Look, What to Do and Why it Matters By Sandra Mason, AEM Director of Public Relations —When I started at AEM in 2016, our media relations efforts mostly focused on trade media outlets in the construction and...
January 26, 2023 Leadership Pitfalls to Avoid at All Costs Not everyone is born to be a leader. The good news, however, is that leadership skills can be developed and refined over time, opening the door to career advancement and higher...
January 5, 2023 5 Equipment Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2023 With 2022 firmly in the rearview mirror and the new year now underway, it’s clear many of the opportunities and challenges impacting equipment manufacturers today are poised to...
January 19, 2023 Ongoing Supply Chain Woes Threaten Economic Recovery By Kip Eideberg, AEM Senior Vice President of Government and Industry Relations —Editor’s Note: This was originally published by The Hill, a top U.S. political website read by...
January 26, 2023 Leadership Pitfalls to Avoid at All Costs Not everyone is born to be a leader. The good news, however, is that leadership skills can be developed and refined over time, opening the door to career advancement and higher...
January 9, 2023 20 New Members Join AEM to Close Out 2022 All AEM members work together through the association to build momentum for the equipment manufacturing industry and the ag and construction markets it serves. AEM strives to...
January 23, 2023 AEM Submits Comments on Section 301 Tariffs Earlier this month, AEM Senior Vice President of Government & Industry Relations Kip Eideberg submitted comments to the Office of United States Trade Representative (USTR...
January 26, 2023 AEM Breaks Down Debt Ceiling Showdown in Washington Last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen informedCongressional Leadership that the federal government had officially hit the debt limit. However, despite hitting the...
February 2, 2023 U.S. EPA Proposed Rule Establishes Restrictions on the Use of HFC Classes of Refrigerants The U.S. EPA late last year announced its Proposed Rule,Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Restrictions on the Use of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons Under Section (i) the American...
January 26, 2023 Take Your Trade Show Program to the Next Level at EXHIBITORLIVE 2023 Being the best means not only continuing to learn from the best, but also attending events that help question the status quo and see new possibilities for trade show programs...
January 30, 2023 AEM Finalizes Updates to a Pair of Popular Safety Manual Titles AEM is pleased to announce a pair of recent safety manual updates in accordance with its longstanding mission to provide up-to-date and industry-consensus safety materials that...