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Libbey Glass Announces $20 Million Investment and New Jobs

in Consumer Products, Jobs, Manufacturing, Production/by The Made in America Movement Team

Posted: Nov 12, 2013 4:42 PM EST | Updated: Nov 22, 2013 4:42 PM EST

Libbey Inc. executive Dan Ibele announced today the company will invest $20 million in Libbey’s Shreveport manufacturing site, bringing new technology and a new research and development component to its operations. The capital investment in new glass making technology will create 70 new direct jobs, averaging more than $38,000 per year, plus benefits. The new investment will also generate an additional 75 new indirect jobs in the community for a total of more than 140 new jobs. Libbey also will retain 511 existing jobs in Shreveport. Read more

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Retailers To Home Furnishings Vendors: Focus on Made in USA

in American Made, Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Sustainability/by The Made in America Movement Team

For home furnishings manufacturers, the impetus to move a larger proportion of their manufacturing to the United States is about more than patriotism. It’s about that time-tested business fact—that the customer is always right.

Kentwood Company Moving Toothbrush Production Back From China

in Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring, Sourcing, Walmart/by The Made in America Movement Team

KENTWOOD, Mich. (WZZM) – A toothbrush company that outsourced some of its manufacturing to China years ago is bringing work back to West Michigan. Read more

Innovation and Hard Work Made America Great

in Education, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Skills Gap/by The Made in America Movement Team

Guest post by Monica Gomez

America has always been known as the “land of opportunity.” But opportunity doesn’t knock unless you work hard for it. While tycoons and businessmen may have shaped the oil, steel, and auto industries, the reality is many of them came from humble beginnings, and worked alongside the skilled tradesmen they later employed before amassing their own wealth—a true testament to the power of the American dream. Read more

The Story behind Starbucks Community Tables, Made in the USA

in Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production/by The Made in America Movement Team

A group of Army Reservists in uniform sit around a community table in a Starbucks near a military base. With coffee cups close, they pour over planning papers. Their attention is focused on the task at hand; unaware the large table they’re using was handmade in the U.S.A. Read more

Economic Manufacturing Quantities: The Right Amount and the Right Locations

in Economy, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production/by The Made in America Movement Team

Does your manufacturing firm have enough facilities creating the optimum number of products in the right locations? Read more

Made in the USA – Reshoring Children’s Products

in Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring/by The Made in America Movement Team

For all expecting and new parents, you probably have learned how quickly buying your child’s products adds up! So why would you be willing to pay more for an American-made product when you could purchase a similar product or even the “same” product, produced overseas, for half the cost? Read more

The American Flag: Made in USA and Creating Jobs in the Process

in American Made, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production/by The Made in America Movement Team

American Flags - The Flag of the United States of America, Made in USA

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From left, Melissa Kleitsch, Diane Hynek and Laurie Bessler sew American flags at MSA Brand Products in the McBattas Packaging and Printing building in Fairbury, Nebraska. The former Swingster sewing factory — where Bessler worked for 17 years — has been transformed to produce and sell American flags made in the U.S.

The American flag flapping above the McBattas Packaging and Printing building on the north edge of town is unremarkable as flags go.

At 3-by-5-feet, it’s not especially large. Its colors, of course, are the standard red, white and blue, and it has 50 stars and 13 stripes. Read more

The Rise of ‘Made by China’ in America

in Economy, Exports, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring/by The Made in America Movement Team

Later this year along the banks of the James River outside Richmond, Virginia, a paper products maker based in northeastern China will begin construction on a new U.S. manufacturing plant. The factory will churn the region’s straw and corn stalks into household products including napkins, tissue and organic fertilizer—all marked “Made in the USA.” Made by China, in America.

Made in USA Fuels New Manufacturing Hubs in Apparel

in Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production/by The Made in America Movement Team

Photo: Victor Lytvinenko
Christel Ellsberg is an expert tailor and pattern maker for Raleigh Denim, which makes American-made jeans.

New York City, including Manhattan’s historic Garment District, is commonly known as a fashion capital of the world. But glimmers of new and revived apparel hubs are emerging in smaller cities, fueled by rising production costs overseas and a growing appetite for “Made in USA” goods. Read more