
Manufacturing Plant in Gulfport to Expand and Hire 200 More Workers
Hundreds of jobs are coming to Gulfport as a pharmaceutical company prepares to take production at its Gulfport plant to new heights. New York based Geri-Care Pharmaceuticals is the largest manufacturing plant of liquid antacids in the world.…

Made in USA Sells Again
Last fall, Wal-Mart promised to purchase $250 billion in Made in USA products by 2023, a move it said would create 1 million U.S. jobs over time. Two-thirds of the goods in its domestic stores are already made, sourced, assembled, or grown…

Made in USA: What’s real. What’s not.
Made in America - Most Americans love the idea of buying a Made in USA product instead of an import. But sometimes it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s not.
Almost 8 in 10 American consumers say they would rather buy a Made…

Family Wins Suit Involving Chemical-Coated Toys produced in China
An Arizona family won a $435,000 judgment in federal court after a child swallowed a decorative bead coated with a chemical that metabolized into a date-rape drug when ingested, marking the first verdict of its kind in the nation over the toy.…

Kentwood Company Moving Toothbrush Production Back From China
KENTWOOD, Mich. (WZZM) - A toothbrush company that outsourced some of its manufacturing to China years ago is bringing work back to West Michigan.
Ranir is headquartered in Kentwood. The company makes oral care products for consumers…

Innovation and Hard Work Made America Great
Guest post by Monica Gomez
America has always been known as the "land of opportunity." But opportunity doesn't knock unless you work hard for it. While tycoons and businessmen may have shaped the oil, steel, and auto industries, the reality…

SoftWear Automation, Creating U.S. Jobs by Revolutionizing the Textile Industry
The SewBots have arrived and they are bringing manufacturing back to the United States. SoftWear Automation, in Atlanta Georgia, has developed robotic technology for the textile industry to automate sewing, significantly reducing manufacturing…

Reshoring: Companies Tiptoe Back Toward ‘Made in U.S.A.’
PITTSBURGH—Thorley Industries LLC began planning several years ago to launch a baby car seat with a set of electronic controls and a potential novelty: The Pittsburgh-based firm considered making the seats in the U.S.
Officials at Thorley,…

Made in USA, From Sheep to Shelf: Zady’s Feel-Good Sweater
When Maxine Bedat and Soraya Darabi set out to make a wool sweater entirely in the U.S., their first challenge was finding sheep.
A Google search turned up the Imperial Stock Ranch, a 143-year-old sheep and cattle operation in northeastern…

21 Million People Are Trapped in Forced Labor
Forced labor takes different forms, including debt bondage, trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. The victims are the most vulnerable – women and girls forced into prostitution, migrants trapped in debt bondage, and sweatshop or…