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This Southern Town Made Wooden Coffins, Now A Mexican Town Will

In Batesville, Mississippi, a casket company is closing its factory and shifting production to Mexico. Batesville Casket announced Nov. 3 that it would close the facility where it manufactures wooden caskets, which would be made instead at…

Domestic Sourcing, Jobs, Manufacturing

Keystone Pipeline Won’t Use U.S. Steel Despite Trump Promise

A White House spokeswoman said Friday that the "buy American" rules in Trump's order clearing way for pipelines won't apply to the high-profile Keystone project, which will carry crude oil from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast. "The way…

Economy, Education, Factory Closings, Jobs, Manufacturing

How The Decline of Manufacturing Is Undermining American Marriages

President Donald Trump, like many politicians before him, has an obsession with boosting the American manufacturing sector – a part of the job market that has largely been on the decline since the 1980s. That obsession endures among many voters,…

American Made, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring

Sharp To Build $7 Billion Plant in USA Creating 700,000 Jobs

Japanese display maker Sharp Corp may start building a $7 billion plant in the United States in the first half of 2017, taking the lead on a project initially outlined by its Taiwanese parent Foxconn, a person with knowledge of the plan said. A…

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Consumer Products, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Reshoring

Foxconn, Apple May Set Up Manufacturing Plant in USA

Key iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry is mulling a joint investment with Apple topping $7 billion for a highly automated display facility in the U.S., Chairman Terry Gou said Sunday. "Apple is willing to invest in the facility together…

Walmart Outlines 2017 Goals for American Job Growth and Community Investment

Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Walmart

Walmart Outlines Goals for American Job Growth and Community Investment

34,000 jobs, training for over 225,000 associates and grants for innovation in textile manufacturing. Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer with nearly 1.5 million associates in the U.S., today will discuss company plans to create…

Automotive, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Reshoring

GM Announces $1Billion in U.S. Investments, Creating 1,000 Jobs

General Motors today announced that it will invest an additional $1 billion in U.S. manufacturing operations. These investments follow $2.9 billion announced in 2016 and more than $21 billion GM has invested in its U.S. operations since 2009. The…

Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Small Business

How An Economic Developer is Bringing Factory Jobs Back To Mississippi

Joe Max Higgins is credited with generating about 6,000 manufacturing jobs in Mississippi ’s Golden Triangle, one of the poorest areas in the country. How’s he doing it? The following script is from “The Golden Triangle,” which aired…

Education, Jobs, Manufacturing, Military, Veterans

Workshop For Warriors: Rebuilding American Manufacturing One Veteran at a Time

On December 9, 2016, I revisited Workshops for Warriors to find out what had been accomplished in the past four years since I had toured the facility during their first Manufacturing Day on October 5, 2012, and met retired naval officer Hernán…

Automotive, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Reshoring

Ford Is Bringing Back the Bronco — and Jobs — to Michigan

Two old names are getting a new lease on life. Ford Motor said Tuesday morning it would return the once wildly popular Bronco SUV to its line-up, along with a new version of the Ranger pickup truck. Both models will go into the Michigan Assembly…