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Top 5 AMT Stories

Jan 17, 2023

AMT published more articles this past year and hit a record for expanding our content and audience. With so much content, we’ve compiled a list below of the five most popular stories.  

Enjoy! 

  1. The Good, The Bad, The Economy - If this were a movie, you might want to head for the exit. But sticking around – which may not be easy – can be rewarding. 

  2. I Might Have Been Wrong About NFTS - As the edge lord of “often wrong and never in doubt,” I am here to potentially set the record straight and eat my words. I say “potentially” because if anybody can be wrong about one thing twice, it’sya boy! 

  3. Higher and Hire: Dynamic Work Cultures Attract Great Staff - If you create a company that promotes driving forward and learning from failure as integral parts of its way of work, you are likely to have a company that is going to attract those people you need. 

  4. 2021, The Best Year in Manufacturing Technology Orders - Orders of manufacturing technology surpassed $5.9 billion in 2021, marking the best year ever, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. 

  5. Cobots Help Elves Meet Extremely Challenging Holiday Deadline - Santa’s Workshop has always bustled with busy elves building toys, but now cobots are boosting production in preparation for the big delivery day. 

We appreciate you choosing to engage with AMT and hope to provide you with more content on industry technology, economics, workforce, and more and some with a touch of humor. 

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Kathy Keyes
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