
Sherrill Manufacturing: Getting The Edge on China
Sherrill Manufacturing, Sherrill, NY - FOR DECADES, competition from China has crumpled American industries like tin cans, throwing hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work.
Beating China isn't easy, but Sherrill Manufacturing…

Sherrill Manufacturing, America’s Remaining Flatware Maker, Emerges From Bankruptcy
Sherrill, NY - Bob James wasn't ready to give it up after nearly 30 years of making countless forks, spoons and knives at the same factory in this small Central New York community known as The Silver City.
He survived the plant's transition…

California Now Allows Firms to Tell Consumers a Made in USA Lie
California long required that any manufacturer wanting to say that a product is made in America must, in fact, have a product that's made in America.
A new state law changes that — and makes it practically impossible for consumers to know…

California Governor Loosens Definition of Made in USA for Products
California companies must now actually make their products in the U.S. to call them American-made.
Mostly.
That federal standard requires that “all or virtually all" of a product’s parts be manufactured domestically and that its final…

Chinese Textile Manufacturers Bring Jobs Back to America
Twenty-five years ago, Ni Meijuan earned $19 a month working the spinning machines at a vast textile factory in the Chinese city of Hangzhou.
Now at the Keer Group’s cotton mill in South Carolina, which opened in March, Ms. Ni is training…

Pros and Cons of Outsourcing US Manufacturing Jobs
WHY MANUFACTURING SHOULD RETURN TO AMERICA
There has been a staggering loss of manufacturing jobs in the U.S. since the early 2000s, leaving many formerly booming industrial cities as near ghost towns. While many companies try to justify…

Nike CEO told POTUS About U.S. Manufacturing 4 Years Ago
When President Obama visited Oregon in 2011, Nike Chief Executive Mark Parker foreshadowed what was on the sneaker giant's horizon.
Obama was in the state to visit Intel in Hillsboro. But Parker found a moment to tell the president something…

Nike To Create 10,000 Jobs in U.S. with Approved Trade Pact
As it prepared to welcome President Obama to its headquarters campus Friday morning, Nike announced it would pour more money into advanced footwear manufacturing in the United States if and when the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement…

Retailers To Home Furnishings Vendors: Focus on Made in USA
For home furnishings manufacturers, the impetus to move a larger proportion of their manufacturing to the United States is about more than patriotism. It’s about that time-tested business fact—that the customer is always right.
Customers,…

Makers Series with Martin Goebel of Goebel & Co. Furniture
When you walk into a restaurant, or a bar, whether you realize it or not, you judge the establishment based on your surrounding environment. Before you ever take a bite, or a sip, you naturally notice the decor, and make the decision - do I…