Manufacturing employers across Pennsylvania continue to struggle to fill manufacturing jobs – they create them faster than workers step up to fill them. Employers are promoting jobs through advocacy programs and manufacturing non-profit groups, working with public school district officials and guidance offices, career and technical school partnerships as well as old-fashioned word of mouth and one-on-one recruiting from existing employees, family and friends – and they’re sourcing new talent in unexpected places.

As the demand for skilled labor continues to grow, one technical school has seen a large number of its students achieve big wins in national manufacturing competitions. The achievements are important indicators that technical schools such as Carbon Career & Technical Institute in Jim Thorpe can be fertile environments for students to become the skilled, talented workers of tomorrow. Kevin ...

Michelle Finch, 48, is operations manager for Turkey Hill Dairy, based in Conestoga. She joined the company in 2015 and has been part of the company’s expansion into national distribution. Her career has been spent mostly in food manufacturing, having worked at Mars Chocolate North America, Frito-Lay’s York operation, and Kellogg’s Inc.

For most of its 20-year history, Harrisburg cabinet and countertop maker Brightbill Industries, shipped half of its production out of state. But that has changed in the last two years as the millwork shop’s reputation has grown locally.

Machining shops are not a rarity in the midstate, but Plouse’s leadership contends that over its 60-plus years of service, the firm has managed to carve a piece of the industry to itself with a diverse portfolio of clients and services.

Glenn “Chip” Deardorff Jr., 67, is vice president and treasurer of Franklin County-based Fayetteville Contractors Inc.

Wolfgang Confectioners is wrapping up the final stages of a massive expansion in the York County borough of Loganville, but it already is looking for more opportunities.

AHF Products' new single floor, 43,000 square-foot headquarters will be designed to increase in-person communication and is already doing just that, according to leadership.

Turkey Hill Dairy’s new owners plan to make “tens of millions” of dollars in capital improvements to increase the company’s production.

As Volkswagen ceases production of its iconic Beetle, here's a look back at how the car disrupted the automotive industry and evolved through the years.

Ohio-based Carter Lumber, one of the nation's leading building products suppliers, will open a manufacturing facility near Hanover in York County.

Unwillingness to sacrifice healthy food for fast food after the birth of her daughter, Julie Ndjee was inspired to begin experimenting with making vegetable-based sauces in the early 2000s, an experiment that has grown into her York-based business Neilly’s Foods, which sells its products up and down the East Coast and into Texas.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is receiving a state grant of $195,000 to expand its short-term training programs for adults.

As the trade war continues with China, observers in Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley hope the latest stalemate might budge if and when President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leaders at the international G-20 conference in late June and agree that both countries can resolve their disputes sooner rather than later.

Jon Crothers, 33, is the operations improvement coordinator at Quarryville-based Stoner Inc., a producer of products used in the household, automotive and thermoforming industries.