A 100 Year Skills Gap
In our last post, we drilled down on how broader trends like Labor Force Participation referenced in Post 1, are specifically impacting the Industrial Tech Manufacturing industry as well as some of the unique headwinds presenting significant challenges to manufacturers nationwide. This week we are going even deeper into the technological sophistication of production roles relative...
The Industrial Evolution
Last week, we discussed some of the prevailing secular trends in broader labor markets, the dynamics at play between a growing economy and shrinking labor force, and the major workplace and cultural shifts affecting the ability of employers to manage workforce expectations and availability. This week, we will be drilling down on how the broader trends referenced in Part 1 are...
How we got here
There are a lot of rumblings in the news about the current state of the labor markets. It can often be difficult and confusing to get to a clear picture in a world where a simple search yields seemingly contradictory results like “Labor Market Boom Cooled Some in 2022” and “Stock Futures Retreat After Strong Labor-Market Data”. Even if you click into those articles and read, it...
Engineering Tomorrow: STC
In the Engineering Tomorrow series, Artemis highlights many of our portfolio company products by outlining key aspects of the technologies, industries, and end markets within which the business operates. In the most recent installment, we discussed Tekscan and their embedded sensing solutions enabling a broad spectrum of mission-critical industries and applications. This week we...
Engineering Tomorrow: Tekscan
In the Engineering Tomorrow series, Artemis highlights many of our portfolio company products by outlining key aspects of the technologies, industries, and end markets within which the business operates. In the most recent installment, we explained the fundamentals of thin-film Formulated Coating technologies, talked to the mission-critical nature of their end-markets and...
Engineering Tomorrow: RM Lucas
In the Engineering Tomorrow series, Artemis highlights many of our portfolio company products by outlining key aspects of the technologies, industries, and end markets within which the business operates. In the most recent installment, we explained the fundamentals of thin-film Optics & Photonics technologies, talked to the mission-critical nature of their end-markets and...
The Artemis Approach: Building a Team
Last month, in Part 3 of our series The Artemis Approach: New Product Development, we walked through one of the most critical steps in New Product Development (“NPD”) initiatives, the challenges of NPD in founder-owned manufacturing businesses, and how Artemis fuels innovation at our Industrial Tech portfolio companies. In this fourth and final piece on the Artemis Approach, we...