A Wilson Sporting Goods factory in Ada, Ohio. (Photo: Skip Peterson, AP file) Manufacturing activity in the U.S. expanded at the fastest pace in 2½ years last month, getting a boost from overseas growth and a strong year for the auto industry. The manufacturing index at the Institute for […]
Manufacturing matters because it’s simply impossible to have a vibrant national economy without a healthy globally traded sector, and manufacturing is America’s most important traded sector. Manufacturing has been the focus of much attention lately — a key theme of President Barack Obama’s Inauguration and State of the Union […]
A national manufacturing strategy would help U.S. industries stay on the cutting-edge of emerging technologies, enhance overall knowledge generation and thereby prevent economy-wide erosion of innovation capacity even if some market share is lost to overseas competitors. A robust traded sector economy is essential to U.S. global competitiveness, and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ confidence in the economy fell this month to the lowest level since April, as many worried about the impact of a 16-day partial government shutdown. The decline could weigh on spending and economic growth. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its index of consumer confidence […]
Prospective job seekers meet Oct. 24 with company reps at the annual “Honor a Hero — Hire a Vet” job fair in Van Nuys, Calif. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown, AFP/Getty Images) The 16-day government shutdown hurt jobs growth in the private sector this month with only 130,000 jobs added, a drop […]
Toledo, Ohio-based glass fiber reinforcements and engineered materials producer Owens Corning will invest $120 million to establish a manufacturing facility at the N.C. Certified Gastonia Technology Park in Gastonia, N.C., and create 110 jobs. The facility will include a state-of-the-art manufacturing line, coating capability, and research and development resources, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Team USA will now wear the Made in the USA label. Every article of clothing made by Ralph Lauren for the U.S. Winter Olympic athletes in Sochi, including their opening and closing ceremony uniforms and their Olympic Village gear, has been made by domestic craftsman and manufacturers. During […]
Behind the American Export Surge Export manufacturing has recently become the unsung hero of the U.S. economy. Despite all the public focus on the U.S. trade deficit, little attention has been paid to the fact that the country’s exports have been growing more than seven times faster than GDP since 2005. As a share of […]
U.S. consumers are spending more money on domestic goods and services at the cost of imports, and this trend will likely boost the dollar in the medium term, according to a B. of A. Merrill Lynch Global Research report. Real import growth has declined to less than 1% in the first half […]
If your pet has been eating jerky treats and is feeling sick, please get him to the vet. Nearly 600 pets have died and thousands more have been sickened after eating jerky treats produced in China — and the Food and Drug Administration has no idea why. The FDA on Tuesday announced that since 2007 it had […]
If you have a dog or cat that became ill after eating jerky pet treats, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would like to hear from you or your veterinarian. The agency has repeatedly issued alerts to consumers about reports it has received concerning jerky pet treat-related illnesses involving 3,600 dogs and 10 cats in […]
John Ratzenberger (best known for playing the mailman Cliff Clavin on Cheers) has launched a crowd source campaign with FundAnything for his brand new television series, ‘John Ratzenberger’s American Made.’ A video release on the show and campaign “From the things we need, to the things we want, to the things we dream about— we’re […]
Ms. Bland in her space in the Industry City lot in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. | David B. Torch for The New York Times Almost a year to the day since she began pitching the idea for Manufacture New York, a work hive for independent designers with outposts in Brooklyn and Manhattan, Bob Bland was on […]
Meet Baxter, a robot. Just seven months on the line, he’s the newest member of the team at Pennsylvania manufacturer Rodon. / CBS News (CBS News) Payroll processor ADP says private businesses added 166,000 new jobs in September. In the future, some of those could be manufacturing jobs returning from places like China, thanks to […]
Cambria Production Facility – Cambria employees at work at the Cambria Production Facility in Le Sueur, Minn. L to R: Jordan Ristow, Doug Jones, Jim Wendroth, Nik Illiff (Courtesy of Cambria) Studies show that the demand for skilled workers is growing throughout Minnesota — especially in rural areas and small towns […]
Today, October 4, is National Manufacturing Day. With events scheduled in communities throughout the country, National Manufacturing Day highlights the importance of the sector to the U.S. economy and affords businesses an opportunity to highlight the numerous career opportunities that exist for skilled individuals across a variety of manufacturing trades. […]
Read about Manufacturing Day 2013, it’s mission, and how you can get involved. THE MFG DAY MISSIONMFG DAY addresses common misconceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn’t. By working together […]
Ruth Kirchner, an instructor at the Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis, Minn., showing students different kinds of fabrics and stitches. | Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times MINNEAPOLIS — It was past quitting time at a new textile factory here, but that was not the only reason the work […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Shuanghui International won the largest ever Chinese takeover of a US company Tuesday when shareholders of pork giant Smithfield Foods approved its $7.1 billion offer. The deal locks in for Shuanghui and the giant Chinese market a strong supply from the world’s largest pig raiser and pork processor.
WASHINGTON — The gap in employment rates between America’s highest- and lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels since officials began tracking the data a decade ago, according to an analysis of government data conducted for The Associated Press. Rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families – those […]
The future is bright for manufacturing and there is no shortage of opportunity for innovation and growth right here in the United States. To do that sustainably, however, we must confront an issue that many businesses are now facing — the Skills Gap. Despite high unemployment, businesses are struggling […]
Cheaper labor may bring about more jobs, but workers have less spending power. FORTUNE — There’s been some good news lately about U.S. manufacturing — that sector of American industry once considered vital to the growth of the nation’s middle class. It’s well known manufacturing has been declining for […]
Alliance for American Manufacturing to join Governor’s office to address issuesNEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Top leaders of the United Steelworkers (USW) confirmed being joined by the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) and steel bridge fabricators in a meeting this past week led by the New York governor’s office, plus public authority transportation officials to consider ways […]
Magnus von Buddenbrock and Stefanie Giesselbach arrived in Chicago in 2006 full of hope. He was 30, she was 28, and they had both won their first overseas assignments at ALW Food Group, a family-owned food-trading company based in Hamburg. Von Buddenbrock had joined ALW—the initials stand for its […]
The Made in America revival is gaining momentum with a majority of manufacturing executives now ready to consider pulling some production back from China. A new survey published Tuesday showed a big jump in recent months in the number of companies considering “re-shoring” production from China, once favored for its low costs. Boston Consulting Group […]
American companies are increasingly “reshoring” manufacturing operations from China to the US, according to a survey of executives. The shift reflects China’s ebbing competitive advantage as a low-cost manufacturing centre after years of rapid wage inflation and points to rising employment in US manufacturing, even though official data have shown little growth over […]
Cotton being spun at a Parkdale Mills facility in Hillsville, Virginia. | Poh Si Teng/The New York Times GAFFNEY, S.C. — The old textile mills here are mostly gone now. Gaffney Manufacturing, National Textiles, Cherokee — clangorous, dusty, productive engines of the Carolinas fabric trade — fell one by one to the forces of globalization. […]
My high-school history teacher used to tell stories about how his family would seek only to purchase goods that were made in his community or country. One time he described how hard it was to purchase clothing made in America at similar prices to clothes stitched offshore. I could only imagine the hours his family […]
“Made in the U.S.A.” goes on new Woven Traditions pottery. | Photo Credit: LONGABERGER CO. New York supplier planning to close, forcing company to look overseas Reposted from The Dispatch: Longaberger Co. is making alternative plans to obtain pottery after word came this week that the U.S. supplier it […]
