Saving US Manufacturing
by Michele Nash-Hoff
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About Michele Nash-Hoff
Michele is founder and president of ElectroFab Sales, a sales agency specializing in helping manufacturers select the right processes for their products since 1985.
She is currently a director on the board of the and the San Diego Inventors Forum and is also Chair of the California chapter of the Coalition for a Prosperous America.
Michele is the author of Rebuild Manufacturing – the key to American Prosperity, which is a sequel to the 2009 and 2012 edition of Can American Manufacturing Be Saved? Why We Should and How We Can available on Amazon. She had her own column on IndustryWeek’s e-newsline until 2018, and has written articles for many other e-newslines and industry websites.
Michele earned a B. A. from San Diego State University and is a 1994 graduate of San Diego’s leadership program (LEAD San Diego). She earned a certificate in Total Quality Management in 1993 and a Yellow Belt in Lean Six Sigma in 2014.
Michele Nash-Hoff started in San Diego’s high-tech manufacturing industry as an engineering secretary at age 18 before going back to college as a young mother. Her career includes being part of the founding team of two startup companies.
She has also served as a Managing Member of two new business incubators for start-up companies while running ElectroFab in the last 20 years. The National Business Incubation Association published Michele’s first book, For Profit Business Incubators in 1998. She was a mentor for startup companies for CONNECT’s Springboard program from 2015-2018.
Michele can be reached on her website for questions and speaking engagements at https://savingusmanufacturing.com.
Reshoring of Manufacturing Increases in 2020
in Reshoring/by Michele Nash-HoffWise companies are learning that the total cost of ownership is MUCH more than the cost in labor savings. Learn why companies are moving back to the US.
It’s Time to End China’s Most Favored Nation Status
in Made in USA/by Michele Nash-HoffChina was granted Most Favored Nation status through presidential proclamation on an annual basis from 1980 – 1998. This was because the Trade Act of 1974 stated that “MFN status may not be conferred on a country with a nonmarket economy if that country maintains restrictive emigration policies” China was, and still is, a nonmarket […]
U.S. Must Face up to the China Threat
in Made in USA/by Michele Nash-HoffWhat you need to know about the danger posed by China’s predatory mercantilism through product dumping, currency manipulation, intellectual property theft, and government subsidies.