Is “Buy American” a Domestic Growth Tool or Hindrance?
Al Bredenberg
Many feel that having U.S. consumers and businesses and especially the government buy exclusively American-made products would support domestic jobs and bolster the U.S. economy. But many others argue that…
Reshoring: Beware the Hype
Everette Phillips Reshoring is getting a great deal of hype. Some see it as evidenceof a new renaissance of American manufacturing. Some see it as hope for reducing long term unemployed. Some see it as a business opportunity to sell…
New Successes Still Can Be Forged From Manufacturing, Tech and Innovation
In the nine years of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch awards program, the manufacturing sector has played a leading role, although its numbers fluctuated. In recent years, it is back with a vengeance, accompanied…
Bill Seeks To Help Manufacturing In Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A bill touted as a way to boost Florida's manufacturing sector by extending a sales tax break passed its first test in a state House panel Wednesday, overcoming scattered objections that it amounts to a giveaway…
Small Companies Cashing In On Consumers Desire To Buy American Made Furniture.
Peggy Farabaugh was inspired to sell American-made furniture seven years ago after reading about animal habitats with her children. In the process, she discovered that the wood used to make most of the furniture sold in the U.S.…
New Gillette Store Fights To Sell Only Made in USA Goods
Small American flags are displayed April 11 at the My Made in America Store in Gillette. All of the products sold from the store are 100 percent made in America. The store opened in November 2012 after owners Rod and Susan Mathis…
Most American Made Cars
GMC - The 2013 GMC Acadia, Buick Enclave, and Chevrolet Traverse share first place for most 'American made.'
Index uses expanded criteria to score 253 vehicles.
Domestic brands have the most American-made content in the United States…
How Walmart Plans to Bring Back ‘Made in America’
Bill Saporito
Walmart doesn’t make anything. But the giant retailer could play a part in the manufacturing rebound that is taking place in the U.S. with its promise to buy $50 billion more U.S. made goods over the next decade for…
Is U.S. Manufacturing Really Back?
Rana Foroohar Is America in the middle of a manufacturing job revival? The latest numbers would make it seem so. The U.S. has added more net manufacturing jobs since the start of 2010 than the rest of the G7 nations…
How ‘Made in the USA’ is Making a Comeback
"Manufacturing represents a whopping 67% of private-sector R&D spending as well as 30% of the country’s productivity growth" The U.S. economy continues to struggle, and the weak March jobs report — just 88,000 positions…
