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Walmart to Boost US-Made Products

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Walmart to Boost US-Made Products

Walmart today announced bold commitments to increase domestic sourcing of the products it sells and help veterans find jobs when they come off active duty. Speaking at the National Retail Federation’s annual BIG Show, Walmart U.S. President and CEO Bill Simon also announced the company is helping part-time associates who want to be full time, make that transition.

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What is Made in America Worth? More than you might think!

What Is ‘Made in America’ Worth?

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Probably more than you think. As more manufacturing returns to U.S. shores, early signs show that a “Made in America” label is a serious competitive advantage.

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Manufacturing Jobs Aren’t Coming Back, No Matter Who’s President

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The percentage of Americans working in manufacturing fell under President Reagan. It also fell under Presidents Bush, Clinton, Bush and Obama (respectively).

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Made in USA… Again: U.S. Manufacturing Gains Momentum

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Made in USA... Again: U.S. Manufacturing Gains Momentum

Maybe the once-ubiquitous label, Made in USA should be updated to: Made in USA — Again. Read more

Recent China Currency and Trade Moves ‘Significant’

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A series of steps by China in recent weeks is encouraging U.S. officials that Beijing is proceeding with changes to currency and other financial policies that the two countries have long disputed.

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Tool and Die Makers Desperately Casting for Workers

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The economic recovery has been driven by a manufacturing revival in the past two years.But the strength of that revival could be threatened by the challenges facing a small and beleaguered sector of manufacturing that evokes images of a quainter, more labor-intensive era: the tool and die industry.

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Manufacturing Jobs Await Skilled Workers

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Advocates of a strong U.S. manufacturing industry are heartened by the prospects of more companies returning well-paying factory jobs to our shores. Boston Consulting Group forecasts the “reshoring” trend could create 2 million to 3 million jobs by the end of the decade — 600,000 to 1 million in factories and the rest in support industries such as construction, transportation, and retail.

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The New American Divide: the American way of life is fading…

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America is coming apart. For most of our nation’s history, whatever the inequality in wealth between the richest and poorest citizens, we maintained a cultural equality known nowhere else in the world—for whites, anyway. “The more opulent citizens take great care not to stand aloof from the people,” wrote Alexis de Tocqueville, the great chronicler of American democracy, in the 1830s. “On the contrary, they constantly keep on easy terms with the lower classes: They listen to them, they speak to them every day.”Americans love to see themselves this way. But there’s a problem: It’s not true anymore and has been progressively less accurate since the 1960s.

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Luzerne County (PA) Manufacturer to Expand, Create 80 New Jobs

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HARRISBURG, Pa., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ 

Governor Tom Corbett announced today that Certech Inc., a manufacturer of ceramic cores, will create 80 new jobs and retain 185 positions through consolidating an out-of-state operation to its Luzerne County facility.”My administration is committed to creating a business climate that encourages companies like Certech to continue growing and creating jobs in Pennsylvania,” Corbett said. “This was a competitive project that could have relocated to another location. Our economic development efforts helped to keep 185 jobs in Luzerne County and create 80 new jobs.”

The company will close an existing out-of-state facility and consolidate its molded ceramic component operations into its 63,000-square-foot facility in Hanover Township. Certech will also purchase new equipment and train its new employees at the facility.Certech Inc. received a $346,000 funding offer from the Department of Community and Economic Development, including $160,000 in job creation tax credits, $36,000 in job training assistance and a $150,000 Pennsylvania First grant.

“The Certech Facility in Wilkes-Barre has one of the most efficient and experienced teams in North America,” said Mike Kuzdzal, vice president and general manager of Certech North America. “As we continue to look for opportunities to improve our customer service levels and offer the best technical and most competitive products to the marketplace, it was a logical decision for us to move work into and create jobs for this site. The Pennsylvania government agencies we worked with to make this happen were extremely helpful and also focused on the growth of this facility.”

The project was coordinated by the Governor’s Action Team, a group of economic development professionals who work directly with businesses that are considering locating or expanding in Pennsylvania. The Governor’s Action Team worked with the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry to assist Certech’s efforts to expand.

“We are thrilled by Certech’s decision to expand its Hanover Industrial Estates manufacturing facility,” said Larry Newman, vice president of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business & Industry. “It is very good news, not just because this project brings so many new quality jobs to the Wilkes-Barre area, but also because of what Certech’s investment says about Pennsylvania’s ongoing competitiveness as a manufacturing location.”

Certech Inc., a wholly owned division of Morgan Technical Ceramics and the Morgan Crucible Company, manufactures a broad line of complex injection-molded ceramic components. The components are used during the investment casting of turbine engine blades and vanes for aircraft and power generation, aircraft hardware, pumps, valves and sporting goods.

For more information on Certech Inc., visit www.mtccertech.com .

For more information on the Governor’s Action Team and other economic development initiatives in Pennsylvania, visit www.newPA.com or call 1-866-466-3972.

Media contacts: Kelli Roberts, Governor’s Office; 717-783-1116Steven Kratz, DCED; 717-783-1132

SOURCE Pennsylvania Office of the Governor

Gestamp Making $100 Million Investment in South Charleston Stamping Plant

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Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced that Gestamp, a Spanish automotive company, will re-open the South Charleston stamping plant, investing a minimum of $100 million and eventually creating an estimated 700 jobs.

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