Honda will recall thousands of 2006 CR-Vs to fix a faulty window switch that can start a fire. (Honda Motor Co. / October 6, 2012) By Jerry HirschOctober 6, 2012 Honda announced its third big recall of the week Saturday, this time to correct a faulty automatic window switch in 268,000 model-year 2002-2006 CR-V sport-utility […]
Oct 4, 2012 After decades of relying on global manufacturing sourcing, many U.S. manufacturing firms are taking a closer look at reshoring – a term referring to manufacturing that was previously done in foreign countries and has been moved back to America. According to an analysis by Acorn Systems, provider cost management […]
Making Cadillacs in Lansing, Michigan. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Forbes Leadership Forum, Contributor(This article is by Robert McCutcheon, the U.S. industrial products leader of PwC.) A number of signs, beyond the current cyclical recovery in domestic manufacturing, suggest that the U.S. may be entering a longer-term manufacturing resurgence. People […]
Employees from several Connecticut manufacturing companies around the state have a little fun on the job and spoof a popular song in honor of manufacturing month (October).
Truth: better late than never. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Eamonn Fingleton Some of us have long argued that the United States has been committing economic suicide by letting its once-peerless manufacturing base fade away. To those who have investigated the facts, the case has, for decades, seemed unchallengeable. Yet it has received […]
PRLogOctober 3, 2012 Dozens of manufacturers & businesses across the Evergreen State unites as one to promote a movement geared to ‘Buy America Back’ says ILG Spokane, Washington – Companies across the state of Washington and throughout the pacific Northwest are increasingly speaking of a national small business-driven, non-political grassroots movement pioneered by the American […]
Richard Lord October 4, 2012 Today is the first national Manufacturing Day, reminding us that the United States still leads the world in production of manufactured goods, and that the manufacturing sector is at the core of our economy. Manufacturing activity is coming back from the recession, and may also be coming back from overseas. […]
Photo Credit: TruckPR Jeremy QuittnerOctober 3, 2012 Bucking a 30-year trend, more and more small businesses are manufacturing in the U.S., and exporting products abroad. The New York area leads the way. For Lumitec, a lighting product company in Delray Beach, Florida, manufacturing in the U.S. is essential, but so is exporting to clients overseas.Lumitec’s […]
Rhoda Miel October 2, 2012 KATY, TEXAS (Oct. 2, 11:55 a.m. ET) — Four years after a change in ownership, Igloo Products Corp. has boosted sales nearly 50 percent, revived its product line with 130 new items and is in the midst of a manufacturing investment that has improved productivity. The company — best known […]
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and VP David Cozzone talk to employee Gurcharan Kaur as she boxes up product at Princeton Tec, Bordentown, NJ, September 25, 2012. | Photo Credit: Beverly Schaefer/For The Times By Times of Trenton Editorial Board October 1, 2012 The rush to outsource manufacturing jobs overseas — particularly […]
