Alliance for American Manufacturing to join Governor’s office to address issuesNEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Top leaders of the United Steelworkers (USW) confirmed being joined by the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) and steel bridge fabricators in a meeting this past week led by the New York governor’s office, plus public authority transportation officials to consider ways […]
Magnus von Buddenbrock and Stefanie Giesselbach arrived in Chicago in 2006 full of hope. He was 30, she was 28, and they had both won their first overseas assignments at ALW Food Group, a family-owned food-trading company based in Hamburg. Von Buddenbrock had joined ALW—the initials stand for its […]
The Made in America revival is gaining momentum with a majority of manufacturing executives now ready to consider pulling some production back from China. A new survey published Tuesday showed a big jump in recent months in the number of companies considering “re-shoring” production from China, once favored for its low costs. Boston Consulting Group […]
American companies are increasingly “reshoring” manufacturing operations from China to the US, according to a survey of executives. The shift reflects China’s ebbing competitive advantage as a low-cost manufacturing centre after years of rapid wage inflation and points to rising employment in US manufacturing, even though official data have shown little growth over […]
Cotton being spun at a Parkdale Mills facility in Hillsville, Virginia. | Poh Si Teng/The New York Times GAFFNEY, S.C. — The old textile mills here are mostly gone now. Gaffney Manufacturing, National Textiles, Cherokee — clangorous, dusty, productive engines of the Carolinas fabric trade — fell one by one to the forces of globalization. […]
My high-school history teacher used to tell stories about how his family would seek only to purchase goods that were made in his community or country. One time he described how hard it was to purchase clothing made in America at similar prices to clothes stitched offshore. I could only imagine the hours his family […]
“Made in the U.S.A.” goes on new Woven Traditions pottery. | Photo Credit: LONGABERGER CO. New York supplier planning to close, forcing company to look overseas Reposted from The Dispatch: Longaberger Co. is making alternative plans to obtain pottery after word came this week that the U.S. supplier it […]
Now patriotic Americans looking to support the “Buy American” movement can shop a wide variety of products made in the USA from NoCargo, a new ecommerce business with the goal of supporting the American economy. New York, NY, September 12, 2013 — Buying products made in the USA is becoming more and more popular as Americans […]
Workers assemble Motorola smartphones at the Flextronics plant in Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 10, 2013. The factory is a high-profile endorsement for ‘onshore’ manufacturing in the U.S. | Photo Credit: MIKE STONE/REUTERS Made in the U.S.A. is making a comeback, as American workers find themselves busy making products that people all […]
To celebrate New York Fashion Week as well as new eco-chic clothing, the Plastics Make it Possible initiative sponsors a vending machine that dispenses recycled plastic T-shirts. Looking to be both fashion-conscious and eco-conscious? Plastics Make it Possible® is helping New Yorkers explore this cool new trend. And you can participate, too!For three days during New York Fashion Week, […]
