
Libbey Glass Announces $20 Million Investment and New Jobs
Posted: Nov 12, 2013 4:42 PM EST | Updated: Nov 22, 2013 4:42 PM EST
Libbey Inc. executive Dan Ibele announced today the company will invest $20 million in Libbey's Shreveport manufacturing site, bringing new technology and a new research…

Retailers To Home Furnishings Vendors: Focus on Made in USA
For home furnishings manufacturers, the impetus to move a larger proportion of their manufacturing to the United States is about more than patriotism. It’s about that time-tested business fact—that the customer is always right.
Customers,…

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…

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…

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 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”…

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…

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…

Made in USA Fuels New Manufacturing Hubs in Apparel
New York City, including Manhattan's historic Garment District, is commonly known as a fashion capital of the world. But glimmers of new and revived apparel hubs are emerging in smaller cities, fueled by rising production costs overseas…