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Sherrill Manufacturing, America's only remaining flatware maker, emerges from bankruptcy with a new focus

American Made, Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, 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…

American Made, Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Made in USA, Made in USA Certified, Manufacturing, Public Policy, Sourcing

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…

Why and How Every Fashion Business Can Be a Sustainable One

Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Education, Jobs, Manufacturing, Marketing Your Brand, Production, Small Business, Sourcing, Sustainability

Sustainable: Why and How Every Fashion Business Can Be One

I think every brand out there should be a sustainable brand. If you’re not thinking about the future, especially the future outside of just your fashion brand, you shouldn’t be taking on the responsibility of creating products; the impact…

Automotive, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing

Ford Shifts Truck Production from Mexico to Ohio

Ford's heavy duty pickup trucks which used to be built in Mexico started rolling off an assembly line in Ohio this week. That's good news for the 1,000 Ford workers in Ohio, who might have otherwise been out of work. It's also good publicity…

Domestic Sourcing, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring, Walmart

Walmart’s Suppliers Are Finally Fighting Back

After years of meeting demands for ever cheaper prices, many Wal-Mart Stores Inc. suppliers are saying no to new margin-squeezing storage fees and a payment schedule that could delay for months how quickly some are paid. The world’s largest…

Economy, Factory Closings, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing

Hanover: Just Another Factory Closing

Inside every dishwasher, refrigerator, and washing machine is a little valve that directs the flow of water. For decades, most of these valves have come from a factory in the northwestern corner of Illinois, but not after today. The solenoid…

Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Public Policy

$15 Minimum Wage Threatens 5.3 Million US Manufacturing Jobs

It’s a standard part of the current public policy discourse that raising the minimum wage won’t have much, if indeed any, effect on the number of jobs available to Americans to do. It’s easy enough to show that most of those earning the…

Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing

Project To Create Jobs. Made in America Store Expanding

"Project to Create Jobs in Construction, Manufacturing, Tourism & Retail in Buffalo Niagara" On a sunny, late summer afternoon, Mark Andol – Founder and CEO of the Made in America Store – led a groundbreaking for his latest project,…

Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Outsourcing

Boeing Planning To Build a Factory in China?

Shanghai (AFP) - Plans for a Boeing factory in China have been submitted to the government in Beijing, state-run media reported Tuesday ahead of President Xi Jinping's US visit, where he will tour one of its plants. A Boeing factory in China…

Consumer Products, MANUFACTURERS, Manufacturing, Small Business, Sourcing

Etsy Welcomes Manufacturers to Artisanal Fold

Molly Goodall’s store on Etsy, the online crafts marketplace, started as a creative solution to a parenting problem. Her rambunctious 2-year-old, Carter, simply refused to wear the hoods on his coats. So she designed a coat with a hood…