Reuters
Fire truck boom highlights divide in US manufacturing
Anyone looking around Oshkosh’s cavernous fire truck factory in Appleton, Wisconsin, for evidence of the longest U.S. manufacturing slump in two decades could be forgiven for coming away scratching their heads. Oshkosh’s total revenues in 2022 equaled about half that amount. “There might be a downturn coming, but we don’t see it,” John Pfeifer, the company’s chief executive officer, told Reuters in an interview.