Manufacturing | Page 13 of 23 | The Made in America Movement

"American manufacturing is back!" breathlessly exclaim the ebullient cheerleaders in locales such as Forbes and the Boston Consulting Group. But while U.S. manufacturing may have bounced back slightly from Great Recession-lows, the reality is that America's manufacturing recovery remains tenuous. On this National Manufacturing Day, policymakers can and should be doing much more to stimulate the growth and competitiveness of America's manufacturing economy.

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Good Jobs Aren’t Coming Back

SPRING HILL, Tenn.—The hulking General Motors factory in this town south of Nashville undermines the complaints by politicians left and right that America doesn’t make things anymore. A year ago, GM announced it was moving production…

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Manufacturer’s Made in USA Definition Costs Big Bucks

As companies "tiptoe" back to the United States from overseas, the "Made in USA" label should grow more common. However, ambiguous rules are costing some manufacturers hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties and legal fees. So what's the…

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ACE Metal Crafts Surpasses Outsourcing Stigma

When one is presented with change, many begin to feel a sense of insecurity. When a company decides to invoke change, that precise sensation can be overwhelming for its employees. This apprehension rippled through ACE Metal Crafts (ACE) when…

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Under Armour, Why Not Made in USA?

Wondering why Under Armour couldn't make some products in U.S.? When I consider what Kevin Plank, the CEO of Under Armour, has going on — running a global sports apparel company that broke $3 billion in sales last year; developing a new…

How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Threatens America's Manufacturing Resurgence

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Trans-Pacific Partnership Threatens Manufacturing in USA

Some firms have slowly been moving operations back to the U.S. Will the new TPP trade deal undo the progress? Not all of the dire predictions about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) turned out to be true, but Ross Perot, who expected…

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Liberty Tabletop Sets a Made in USA Table

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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…

First American-Built Lexus ES 350 Set to Come Off Assembly Line

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First American-Built Lexus ES 350 to Come Off Assembly Line

When Toyota came to Kentucky 30 years ago, it changed the way business was done in the Commonwealth. On Oct. 19, it changed just a little bit more. The Toyota complex in Georgetown, which produces Camrys, Avalons and Venzas, will unveil…

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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Fast Fashion

Fast Fashion - a term used to describe cheap and affordable clothes which are the result of catwalk designs moving into stores in the fastest possible way in order to respond to the latest trends. In the 1980s and 1990s, a new production…

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Manufacturing Day Highlights Opportunities to Bolster US Manufacturing

"American manufacturing is back!" breathlessly exclaim the ebullient cheerleaders in locales such as Forbes and the Boston Consulting Group. But while U.S. manufacturing may have bounced back slightly from Great Recession-lows, the reality…