Nedra RhoneOctober, 2012 If you’re of a certain age, you probably remember seeing this on television: The commercial is from 1978 , but it sounds like many conversations happening today. For several decades, “made in the U.S.A.” — a label once proudly imprinted on everything from apparel to cars […]
BETTINA WASSENEROctober 23, 2012 HONG KONG — Conditions in the Chinese manufacturing sector improved slightly in October, according to a survey released Wednesday, underpinning the view that the world’s second-largest economy after that of the United States had at least stabilized in recent weeks. The purchasing managers’ index published […]
Written By:Dan Henson and Anil Makhija Just a few miles from Huffington Post offices are the corporate headquarters of a very successful American company. Last year it set new records for sales and profits and it has seen sales continue to grow through the first half of this year. You’ve heard […]
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABEROctober 22, 2012 The issue:U.S. multinational companies have taken advantage of lower trade barriers over the past 15 years to shift jobs and production to lower-wage countries, a practice generally known as outsourcing. That’s cut costs for consumers and helped those companies grow, which can support employment in the […]
President Barack Obama speaks about the choice facing women in the upcoming election, Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, at a campaign event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) October 19, 2012 | Last Updated: 03:25 pm Nowhere has Mitt Romney’s pursuit of the presidency been more warmly welcomed or closely followed than here in […]
Written by:Ron Cesark President/FounderMontauk Tackle Company Today I was thinking about all the folks Montauk Tackle Company (MTC) does business with and the families we affect by making our apparel right here in the U.S.A. We are in our 3rd year of what I like to say “running as hard […]
By SUSANNA KIM (@skimm)Oct. 18, 2012 Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, wrote a letter to the Department of Defense requesting that it comply with a rule that requires military service members to wear clothes made in the U.S. “If it’s taxpayer dollars, it should help American workers and American businesses, pure and simple,” Brown […]
The percentage of Americans working in manufacturing fell under President Reagan. It also fell under Presidents Bush, Clinton, Bush and Obama (respectively).
President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney shake hands before their debate Tuesday in Hempstead, N.Y. | Photo Credit: Michael Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images October 16, 2012 Transcript of the second debate between President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, Oct. 16 in Hempstead, N.Y., moderated by Candy Crowley of CNN. Editor’s Note: NPR transcripts […]
By ERIK SHERMAN October 15, 2012 (MoneyWatch) After years of jobs moving overseas by the million, some are trickling back. China’s largest PC manufacturer, Lenovo Group, recently announced that it will open its first manufacturing plant in the U.S. The company expects to create 115 jobs in North Carolina, where it also operates customer service facilities […]
Oct. 16, 2012By Kevin FrekingAssociated Press WASHINGTON – Some of the nation’s leading manufacturing companies announced a new program Monday to help veterans gain the skills necessary to fill some of the estimated 600,000 high-tech manufacturing jobs that remain open because employers can’t find qualified applicants. The manufacturers say the […]
Scott Malone October 12, 2012 BOSTON (Reuters) – How far can cost-cutting get you in a slowing economy? That’s the question the U.S. manufacturing sector will answer over the coming weeks. Through the first half of the year, big industrial companies including General Electric Co , United Technologies Corp and Caterpillar Inc […]
Dave JamiesonDave.Jamieson@huffingtonpost.comOctober 15, 2012 When a strike among Walmart store employees spread to twelves cities last week, a spokesman for the largest private-sector employer in the world made a curious clarification to news outlets, including The Huffington Post: This was not the first-ever employee walkout at a Walmart store, the company argued, citing a 2006 incident […]
Oct 11, 2012 HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KTHV) — A current documentary playing in Little Rock showcases the struggles of the U.S. manufacturing business. We recently told you about the film “Death by China” on Today’s THV This Morning. But in Hot Springs a company is bucking the trend, operating almost 90 years. You won’t find a shortage […]
A worker in Zhejiang province in February. | Photo Credit: Reuters By DIANE CARDWELL and KEITH BRADSHER October 10, 2012 The Commerce Department issued its final ruling Wednesday in a long-simmering trade dispute with China, imposing tariffs ranging from about 24 to nearly 36 percent on most solar panels imported from the country. The penalties are somewhat lower than those announced […]
Solar Manufacturing Coalition to Look to Administration to Provide Solution to Loophole in Case WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 10, 2012 — The 226-company Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) today welcomed parts of the U.S. Department of Commerce announcement regarding duties on Chinese solar cells and panels but was very disappointed […]
David Siegel, CEO of Westgate Resorts, warned employees that they may lose their jobs if President Obama wins re-election. Chris Isidore October 10, 2012 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Surprise. David Siegel, the Westgate Resort CEO who is building the biggest private home in the country, really, really doesn’t like President Obama. […]
ATS maintenance techs program an automated Finn Power metal punching machine. | Photo Credit: Advanced Technology Services By: Heesun WeeOctober 10, 2012 Advanced Technology Services, a company that maintains manufacturing plant equipment, has fashioned a unique way to fill their vacant jobs—specifically recruit and hire America’s returning veterans. Turns […]
By Larry Pressler October 9, 2012 As a combat veteran of two tours in Vietnam with twenty-two years of service as a Republican member of the U.S. House and Senate, I endorse President Barack Obama for a second term as our Commander-in-Chief. Candidates publicly praise our service members, veterans and their families, but President Obama […]
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN On Nov. 8, China is set to hold the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party. We already know who will be the next party leader: Vice President Xi Jinping. What we don’t know is what matters: Does Xi have a “Chinese Dream” that is different from the […]
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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 […]
