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The MES Market in 2026: Why Manufacturing Execution Systems Became the Backbone of the Smart Factory By Virginia Viadas Somewhere between the ERP in the front office and the PLCs on the shop floor sits the software category that quietly runs modern manufacturing. The Manufacturing Execution Systems market is expected to grow from $17.27 billion in 2025 to $18.87 billion in 2026, on its way to $29.35 billion by 2031 at a 9.23% CAGR, according to Mordor Intelligence — with more aggressive estimates like Fortune Business Insights projecting $56.65 billion by 2034 at 14.9% annual growth. The market at a...

The Data Center Construction Boom: Statistics That Define 2026 By Virginia Viadas If you want to understand where American industrial money is flowing in 2026, follow one category: data centers. While the broader nonresidential market flatlines, AI infrastructure has become the single most powerful force in U.S. construction — and it's straining the power grid, the labor market, and local politics all at once. Here are the verified numbers behind the boom. The spending explosion The trajectory is unlike anything in modern construction: U.S. data center construction starts totaled $14.9 billion in 2023, jumped to $26.9 billion in 2024, and...

Reshoring data 2026: $1.6T announced but manufacturing jobs down 82,000. The timeline gap, the 454% tariff surge, and where hiring is actually happening.

Verified U.S. manufacturing statistics 2026: PMI at a 49-month high, 12.6M workers, $30.10/hr wages, 409,000 unfilled jobs and the truth about reshoring.