Overall U.S. trade deficit at record high, jobs haven’t returned to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war against China didn’t achieve the central objective of reversing a U.S. decline in manufacturing, economic data show, despite tariffs on hundreds of billions of...
As all have seen in the news, the coronavirus in China is impacting global economies and specifically manufacturing relevant to our respective businesses. Mechanical Power has been closely monitoring the situation and quantifying any potential impact to our ability to...
Highlights of the Phase 1 Tariff Agreement On Wednesday January 15, the phase 1 China/USA trade deal was finally struck and signed. As a refresher, this phase took list 4a tariffs from 15% to 7.5% as of February 15. Unfortunately list 4a has very little to do with...
In May, we featured a blog about engineering student Zachary Nall who reached out to Mechanical Power to source the sprockets and chains he needed to complete his battlebot. Zachary built his battlebot to participate in a competition put on by the engineering...
We are getting deeper into the fall season which means that many throughout the U.S. will soon be dealing with winter conditions. Less daylight, cold windchills, and snow will make it a little tougher to get around. Snow can especially be a problem because it makes...