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Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing

Manufacturing: If You Can Make It Here, Don’t Make It Anywhere Else

People are often surprised when I tell them that my company produces 100 percent of its products here in the United States. After all, my firm, WallMonkeys makes custom wall decals at a time when cheap vinyl stickers fill the aisles at…

Consumer Products, Country of Origin (COOL), Made in USA, Manufacturing, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Should Labels Say Meat Was Made In USA?

You've probably seen, but may not have noticed, labels on the meat at your grocery store that say something like "Born, Raised, & Harvested in the U.S.A." or "Born and Raised in Canada, Slaughtered in the U.S." These country-of-origin…

Domestic Sourcing, Made in USA, Manufacturing

Military Will Now Buy 100% American Flags

Rep. Mike Thompson announced that the U.S. Department of Defense has issued a rule to implement Thompson’s legislative provision requiring every American flag purchased by the Department of Defense to be 100 percent manufactured in the…

Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production

The Story behind Starbucks Community Tables, Made in the USA

A group of Army Reservists in uniform sit around a community table in a Starbucks near a military base. With coffee cups close, they pour over planning papers. Their attention is focused on the task at hand; unaware the large table they’re…

Consumer Products, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing

Butterball to Revive Former Raeford Turkey Plant

Garner-based Butterball LLC will take over a turkey plant formerly occupied by House of Raeford, bringing hundreds of poultry processing jobs back to Hoke County, officials said Thursday. Butterball plans to hire 367 people at the 200,000-square-foot…

Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Skills Gap

Is America Ready for “Made in the U.S.A.” Clothing?

While the reshoring tide is undeniably rising, the prospect of clothing and apparel manufacturing returning to the United States remains uncertain. Back in the 1960s, about 95% of clothing worn in the U.S.A. was also made here. Today the opposite…

Economy, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production

Economic Manufacturing Quantities: The Right Amount and the Right Locations

Does your manufacturing firm have enough facilities creating the optimum number of products in the right locations? As manufacturing abroad became viable, the siting options became innumerable. Now, already difficult decisions are becoming more…

Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring

Made in the USA – Reshoring Children’s Products

For all expecting and new parents, you probably have learned how quickly buying your child’s products adds up! So why would you be willing to pay more for an American-made product when you could purchase a similar product or even the “same”…

American Made, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production

The American Flag: Made in USA and Creating Jobs in the Process

The American flag flapping above the McBattas Packaging and Printing building on the north edge of town is unremarkable as flags go. At 3-by-5-feet, it’s not especially large. Its colors, of course, are the standard red, white and blue, and…

Economy, Exports, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring

The Rise of ‘Made by China’ in America

Later this year along the banks of the James River outside Richmond, Virginia, a paper products maker based in northeastern China will begin construction on a new U.S. manufacturing plant. The factory will churn the region's straw and…