Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and VP David Cozzone talk to employee Gurcharan Kaur as she boxes up product at Princeton Tec, Bordentown, NJ, September 25, 2012. | Photo Credit: Beverly Schaefer/For The Times By Times of Trenton Editorial Board October 1, 2012 The rush to outsource manufacturing jobs overseas — particularly […]
Contact Name: Jason Kuruvilla Phone Number: (202) 693-6587 Departments of Commerce and Labor partner to help companies create jobs, invest in America WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration today announced a $40 million multi-agency competition, the Make it in AmericaChallenge, to accelerate the trend of insourcing, where companies are bringing jobs back and making additional investments here […]
EA-18G Growlers like this one are tested at the Navy base in Oregon near where a Chinese firm intended to buy wind turbine farms. | Photo Credit: Paul Farley / U.S. Navy JULIE PACE 9/28/2012 WASHINGTON — Citing national security risks, President Barack Obama on Friday blocked a Chinese company from owning four wind farm projects in […]
Hani Almadhoun09/28/2012 So now that I have passed my driving test and feel that I have practiced enough to consider buying a car, I have to wrestle with what kind of car to buy. My wife and I live in the city, so a small car seems the sensible way to […]
ResourceMFGSeptember 25, 2012 As rhetoric about the need for more manufacturing jobs spreads across the country, and those who can create such jobs are hailed as heroes, a growing number of manufacturing firms are boasting their American beginnings to bring in new business, CNN reports. According to the media outlet, buying […]
Strategic Sourceror September 28, 2012 As it becomes increasingly expensive to outsource business to other countries, American companies are embracing the “Made in the USA” trend. Investing at home instead of on foreign shores can boost a company’s productivity, and cut costs for businesses concerned about rising production prices. Inventory […]
Joel Kotkin5/24/2012 In this still tepid recovery, the biggest feel-good story has been the resurgence of American manufacturing. As industrial production has fallen in Europe and growth has slowed in China, U.S. factories have continued an expansion that has stretched on for over 33 months. In April, manufacturing growth was the strongest in […]
Inside the new plant. Courtesy of Hershey. Caleb Melby9/25/2012 In an election season wrought with intense debate about the economy, including the role of manufacturing within that economy (and within that, too, a healthy debate about the government’s role in maintaining that manufacturing presence), there is at least one company that is doubling down on […]
Photo Credit: Reuters By Jennifer BootonSeptember 21, 2012 An expected surge in exports could help create up to five million U.S. jobs by 2020, according to a report released Friday by the Boston Consulting Group. U.S.-born exports are expected to surge, with domestic manufacturers standing to capture 2% to 7% […]
Viktor Sitnikov assembled a faucet at the Watermark Design factory in East New York on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Kirsten Luce for The NYT By JIM DWYERSeptember 20, 2012 Standing over a small tank of water in a Brooklyn factory, Zbigniew Solecki plunged a gleaming faucet into the water, then shot air […]
Reuters | By Jim Forsyth Posted: 09/20/2012 SAN ANTONIO, Sept 19 (Reuters) – More than two-thirds of Americans are now living paycheck to paycheck, according to a survey released on Wednesday by the American Payroll Association. The survey of 30,600 people found that 68 percent said it would be somewhat difficult or very difficult if […]
Dayton, OH (PRWEB) September 20, 2012 The Made In America Movement highlights American manufacturers to educate consumers on the importance of buying American made products. It`s latest partnership is with the All American Clothing Co. The Made In America Movement is a nonpartisan organization that connects U.S. manufacturers with consumers in […]
From left, John Kieselhorst, Dave Schiff and Scott Prindle, founders of Made. | Photo Credit: Benjamin Rasmussen for The New York Times By ALEX WILLIAMSSeptember 14, 2012 REMEMBER the Chrysler K-car? Dave Schiff, a founder of Made Collection, a new flash-sale site that sells only American-made goods, hopes not. When he was […]
All American Clothing Co., proud corporate members of The Made in America Movement, announces a new warning label that raises awareness of the consequences of outsourcing and buying foreign-made items in the United States.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 BY ANDREW BURGER Semprius is readying the opening of its first manufacturing facility later this month in Henderson, North Carolina. With backing and support from the Obama Administration, the DOE, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, Semprius has developed the world’s most efficient solar PV cells. […]
Workers assemble cars at Beijing Automotive Group factory in Zhuzhou China. | Photo Creidt: Wangwei-CHINATOPIX via Associated Press By KEITH BRADSHERSeptember 16, 2012 The Obama administration plans to file a broad trade case at the World Trade Organization in Geneva on Monday accusing China of unfairly subsidizing its exports of autos and auto parts, a senior […]
Click Image for Larger View CORNUCOPIA, WI: Proposition 37, a citizen’s initiative on the ballot on November 6 in California, would mandate clear labeling of genetically engineered (GE) ingredients on food packages. It has become a battleground pitting consumer and farmer advocates against multi-billion-dollar agribusiness corporations. Recent polling indicates almost 70% of citizens support informational labeling. […]
by Uttara Choudhury Sep 12, 2012 New York: Ro Khanna, a former deputy assistant secretary of commerce in the White House and Congressional aspirant, thinks “Made in America” is making a comeback. In the 1970s, America’s manufacturing jobs in the steel, textile, electronics and car industries relocated first to Latin America and then to […]
Photo Credit | iStock YOUR BRAIN AT WORK | Geil Browning Sep 10, 2012 Going to Africa–literally or figuratively–refreshes your brain, which helps you be alert, and propels you forward. In his last column, Geil Browning wrote about how I lead groups of volunteers to work with the Kenyan Children Foundation in Africa, and how we all […]
By JENNIFER PELTZ 09/11/12 08:09 AM ET NEW YORK — America gathered again Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with familiar ceremony, but also a sense that it’s time to move forward after a decade of remembrance. As in past years, thousands […]
By PHILIP A. JANQUART Thursday, September 06, 2012 DENVER (CN) – Western ranchers sued the World Trade Organization in Federal Court, challenging its power to rule, as it did, that the U.S. Country of Origin Labeling Act discriminates against foreign meat. Made in the USA Foundation, the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal […]
Beijing reported that China produced a record amount of steel in July, but prices are plunging and steelmakers have been defaulting on agreements to purchase iron ore. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) 8/26/2012 Gordon G. Chang, Contributor The HSBC Flash Purchasing Managers’ Index for August crashed, falling to 47.8, well under the final July reading […]
By Robert E. Scott | August 23, 2012 The China toll: A Report By The Economic Policy Institute The U.S. trade deficit with China eliminated or displaced more than 2.7 million U.S. jobs between 2001 and 2011, a new Economic Policy Institute briefing paper finds. The China toll: Growing U.S. trade deficit with China cost more […]
By Tom Miles August 23, 2012 Aug 23 (Reuters) – In a move that escalates a trade row with the United States, China said it would ask the World Trade Organization (WTO) to adjudicate a dispute over U.S. punitive import duties on 22 Chinese exports, including solar panels and steel products. […]
Aug 20, 2012 BEIJING Aug 20 (Reuters) – China’s Commerce Ministry said on Monday the United States must cut support for six government-backed renewable energy programmes or face unspecified penalties, in the latest trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies. The U.S. measures supporting wind, solar and hydroelectric energy […]
Bags of toys stored at a shop in a wholesale market in Guangzhou, a city in southeast China. | Photo Credit: Forbes Conrad for The New York Times By KEITH BRADSHERAugust 24, 2012 GUANGZHOU, China – After three decades of torrid growth, China is encountering an unfamiliar problem with its newly […]
BANNOCKBURN, Ill., USA, August 15, 2012 — Electronics manufacturing operations with a total value of at least $2.5 billion are expected to be brought to North America in the next three years, according to a much-anticipated new study, On-Shoring in the Electronics Industry: Trends and Outlook for North America, published this week by IPC — […]
Written bySCOTT PAUL Iowans are seeing a lot of both presidential candidates this summer, and the campaign stops are sure to get even more frequent between now and Election Day. Political pundits predict the race to remain close both nationally and here, due to an electorate equally divided between the parties […]
Reported by: Wayne HerefordEmail: whereford@wtva.com STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) — The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that Mississippi lost over 9,000 furniture manufacturing jobs between the years 2006 and 2010. Officials at Mississippi State held a conference Monday to discuss ways of getting those, as well as jobs in other industries, […]
