After a year off, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event is back in person and ready to move forward. Here's a breakdown of what to expect.

The city of Chicago and state of Illinois have seen enough adults get the COVID-19 vaccine. That means McCormick Place is open for business and FABTECH 2021 will happen Sept. 13-16.

Finding the right workers has been a major concern for metal fabricating company owners and managers for several years, and it’s only gotten worse with the manufacturing economy roaring back in recent months. Careers in Metal Fabrication, a new FMA e-book, can help fab shops fine-tune their hiring message as they look to develop the next generation of manufacturing workers.

From steel market instability to the manufacturing skills gap to EV evolution to welder pay to machine learning, here are the 15 most-read articles and blogs on thefabricator.com in 2019.