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Trump’s tweets are helping Croydon-based robot maker Macron Dynamics boom. Now it needs workers.

A tight local labor market, fueled by retiring Baby Boomers at manufacturing plants and worker-hungry Amazon warehouses, are making it hard for manufacturers to find workers and space to expand. Many of these firms are part of the supply chain for bigger companies.

From left, Timothy Wills, of Browns Mills, N.J., Dave Coombs, of Flourtown, and Larry Miller, of Warminster, work on a robotics piece at Macron Dynamics in Croydon. WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN / For The Inquirer
From left, Timothy Wills, of Browns Mills, N.J., Dave Coombs, of Flourtown, and Larry Miller, of Warminster, work on a robotics piece at Macron Dynamics in Croydon. WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN / For The InquirerRead moreCain Images