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Issue 681
April 10, 2018

Good morning!

What Manufacturing Looked Like a Century Ago

What was “State of the Art” manufacturing a century ago? A friend of Agracel’s, Tom Ryan, who used to work in the Administration Building for Ford Motor Company, passed along the following information and pictures to us. These images are from 1917-1918. Amazing how things have changed! Enjoy!









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ISM Manufacturing
Index

March - 59.3
February - 60.8
January - 59.1
December - 59.7

(levels higher than 50 signal expansion)

Manufacturing Labor Productivity

4th Qtr '17... +5.7
3rd Qtr '17... -4.9
2nd Qtr '17... +3.6
1st Qtr '17... +0.2

(percent change from previous quarter)
Source: BLS, Labor Productivity & Costs

Agracel Office Locations

Corporate-Effingham, IL: 217.342.4443 | Ryan Witges
Southeast-SC/NC/GA/VA: 217.342.4443 | Dean Bingham
Midsouth-MS/AL/LA/east TX: 601.856.5756 | Justyn Dixon
Nashville-TN/KY: 931.629.0606 | Daniel Webb

Jack Schultz is the CEO of Agracel Inc., an industrial development firm majoring in rural America, and
author of Boomtown USA - The 7 1/2 Keys to Big Success in Small Towns


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