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 — […]

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, […]

August 20, 2012  STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi spent 50 years poaching factories from the North with cheap land, labor and government incentives before hitting headwinds from China, where labor was even cheaper.  But industry leaders say the Magnolia State and the rest of the country have a chance to reverse manufacturing losses. Harry Moser, president […]

Rep. Steny HoyerU.S. Representative, Maryland’s 5th congressional district08/20/2012  Since our nation’s earliest days, Americans have excelled at envisioning new ideas and transforming them into the products that make the world run. From the Bell telephone, to the Wright brothers’ airplane to the first personal computer, innovation has driven American enterprise from […]

Roger KilmerAugust 16, 2012 In the spirit of less talk, more results, Manufacturing Day has been launched and is being championed by dozens of organizations.  It will be celebrated on October 5th with plant tours and open houses at as many manufacturers as possible across the country.  Why do we need a national […]

By Susan CrabtreeAugust 16, 2012 President Obama is using all the White House weapons at his disposal to woo voters in critical swing states in the campaign’s final stretch, announcing a $30 million investment aimed at creating a manufacturing hub in Ohio to help boost technology and create jobs in a three-state […]

These infographics detail key findings from the 2011 Wind Market Report.  |  Infographic by Sarah Gerrity. David DanielsonAssistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Yesterday, the Energy Department and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a new report highlighting strong growth in America’s wind energy market in 2011 and underscoring the importance of continued policy support and […]

Farok J. ContractorYaleGlobal, 7 August 2012 NEWARK, NJ: Some 2.8 million American jobs – 70 percent of them in manufacturing – have been lost since 2001 because of the US trade deficit with China, according to a recent Economic Policy Institute study. Indeed, consumers visiting a Wal-Mart or Macy’s are hard pressed to find much made in […]

Photo Credit: Daniel Marsula/Post-Gazette August 12, 2012 By Vivek Wadhwa  A furor broke out after it was reported that the uniforms of U.S. Olympians had been manufactured in China. “They should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them,” said an apoplectic Sen. Harry Reid. The story tapped into the anger […]

BY ERIC HENRY AUG 09, 2012  If anyone tells you that ending the Bush tax cuts for the richest 2 percent would hurt job creation, tell them to talk with me. We founded our business, TS Designs, in 1977 as a small manual screen-printing company and grew to land contracts with some […]

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP 8/10/2012 Congress recently introduced the whimsically titled bill, the “Team U.S.A. Made in America Act,” which would require the United States Olympic Committee to ensure that ceremonial uniforms for the Olympic team are assembled in the United States with fabrics manufactured in the United States. Regardless […]

August 10, 2012 By PAUL A. ARGENTI Professor of corporate communication at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.  Over the last few weeks, as the United States competed and mostly won in the international sports arena at the 2012 Olympics in London, the country itself seemed to suffer from a reputational setback in headlines from many […]

2012 HONDA CIVIC EX Written by: Nikki Gordon-BloomfieldAugust 9, 2012 With the yen weak against the dollar, Japanese automakers like Honda, Nissan and Toyota are working hard to relocate production of U.S. market cars to the U.S.   Now it seems Honda has chosen the U.S. as its development base for […]

By JOSEPH BERGERPublished: August 7, 2012 The hulking five-story brick factory, complete with an emblematic smokestack, once braided rope for New York’s shipbuilding industry and employed hundreds of blue-collar workers. It no longer makes rope, but in a promising twist for the city’s survival as a place where things are […]