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Liberty Tabletop: America’s Only Flatware Company

Sherrill Manufacturing is the only company left in the United States making flatware. Our company prides itself on producing high-quality products at different price points that fit all budgets and represent a great value to our customers. There…

Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Exports, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Reshoring

How to Revitalize U.S. Manufacturing

Manufacturing - Nine policies that could spark new growth in factory jobs and the economic benefits they bring. After a long decline, manufacturing is returning to the U.S. Now it may be time for U.S. policy makers to give it an extra boost. The…

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Challenges of Getting a Product Made in the USA

Many manufacturers perform a cost-benefit analysis when deciding whether to move production abroad. Others, however, are determined to make their products in the United States, even when the costs are higher. It was craftsmanship rather than…

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Skills Gap: Aging Workforce Puts Strain on Skilled Manufacturing Workers

General Electric runs two plants in a small New Hampshire town just south of the state's capital, employing 800 workers. GE Aviation is the largest employer in town, with skilled workers building jet engines for the world's major airlines, reports…

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Reshoring And The Apparel Industry

Reshoring - For decades we have been shedding apparel-manufacturing jobs in addition to the entire ecosystem that goes along with them. However, the offshore wages that were once a fraction of U.S. labor costs are escalating. Shipping costs,…

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8 Reasons Manufacturing Is Great for America

It's critically important to create successful policy solutions for manufacturing to help this job machine thrive. In a scathing rebuke of the importance of U.S. manufacturing in The New Yorker ("What's So Great About Manufacturing?") James…

Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Reshoring

Jobs: Can The Reshoring Initiative Bring Them Back?

Throughout the 2016 election cycle, one of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump's most impassioned – and oft-repeated – promises should he move into the White House next year is the recovery of millions of jobs previously offshored to China,…

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Do Trade Agreements Kill Jobs?

International trade agreements: It is remarkable that the one thing leading presidential candidates of both parties agree is bad is the one thing mainstream economists agree is good. Donald Trump says he’ll scrap them and impose…

End of an era: Chicago's last Oreo line shut down Friday

Economy, Factory Closings, Jobs, Manufacturing, Production

Oreo Cookies End of an era: Chicago’s last Oreo line has shut down

The final Chicago-made Oreo cookies rolled off the line Friday, ending the iconic cookie's decadeslong run of delighting hometown consumers and providing good-paying union jobs on the Southwest Side. The Chicago plant will continue to make…

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Made in USA: the Most American-made Vehicles are…

In the United States, American-made products are highly regarded, with good reason, as they obviously boost the local economy as opposed to foreign-made products. However, are all the domestic-brand vehicles really assembled with components…