Steven Kline, Jr. Chief Data Officer

Steve is Chief Data Officer at Gardner Business Media, Inc., a family-owned business that produces media for durable goods manufacturing industries, including Modern Machine Shop, Production Machining, Additive Manufacturing, Products Finishing, Moldmaking Technology, Plastics Technology and Composites World magazines. He has produced forecasts for his family’s business and the metalworking and plastics industries. Steve has also been working on Gardner’s Capital Spending Survey, the Gardner Business Index, and Top Shops benchmarking survey since 2008. He graduated from Vanderbilt University with a BS in civil engineering and an MBA with an emphasis in finance from the University of Cincinnati. PRESS KIT

Economics

Gardner Business Index at 53.6 in April

New orders grow for a fifth straight month; electronics, automotive and aerospace markets expand.

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Economics

Gardner Business Index at 55.2 in March 2017

As the year’s first quarter closed out, the trend was growth and expectations were that growth would continue.

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Automotive

Gardner Business Index at 55.3 in February

Business expectations soar as the US composites industry posts growth in every geographical area.

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Automotive

Gardner Business Index at 54.1 in January

The US composites industry looks as strong as it has since early 2015, with expectations the highest in years.

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Mass Transit

Gardner Business Index at 51.5 in December

New orders expand as most US manufacturers experience year-end growth.

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Wind/Energy

Gardner Business Index at 49.4 in November

The overall Index showed double-digit growth for a third month in succession as future business expectations skyrocketed.

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Defense

Gardner Business Index at 49.7 in October

Employment is up and composites in the US electronics industry continue a 2016 growth trend.

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Mass Transit

Gardner Business Index at 50.7 in September

As third-quarter 2016 closes out, new orders and employment go up.

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Aerospace

Gardner Business Index at 51.9 in August 2016

New orders, production and key target markets are up.

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Defense

Gardner Business Index at 48.6 in July

Future capital spending plans measure up 53% compared with the same time period in 2015.

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Construction

Gardner Business Index at 43.3 in June

Compared with one year ago, future capital spending plans are up by 43%.

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Construction

Gardner Business Index at 49.5 in May

US composites industry employment grows again as mid-sized fabricators post highest-ever GBI expansion figure.

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