Brooke Sutherland

Fortive Corp., the $25 billion conglomerate, plans to spin off its industrial test and measurement business to concentrate on software and health care.

Fortive is the latest industrial giant to announce yet another spinoff in an attempt to win over investors.

Siemens AG announced plans to invest $60 million to build a new unionized manufacturing plant in upstate New York that will produce high-speed rail cars for the North American market.

Lockheed Martin Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jim Taiclet faced interruptions and heckling during a speech at an event hosted by Boston College on Wednesday.

The best business strategies in the world are worthless if no products can get built or shipped.

For nearly 20 years, a plan has been brewing for a high-speed rail line connecting Las Vegas to southern California.

The port strike, brief as it was, underscored the vital role humans workers still play in the economy. That’s both a bargaining chip and a vulnerability.

It’s not enough to spread manufacturing work between countries. Concentrating in one part of the US puts companies at risk of extreme weather disruptions.

Sluggish demand has hit one corner of the factory economy after another, putting investors on the hunt for inklings of a recovery next year.

Siemens kauft den amerikanischen Softwarespezialisten Altair Engineering, der Programme für Luft- und Raumfahrt sowie die Automobilindustrie, aber auch den Energiesektor und den Finanzbereich entwickelt. Die größte Übernahme in der Konzerngeschichte der Münchener wurde zu einem Unternehmenswert von rund 10 Milliarden Dollar ausgehandelt.