
Nike To Create 10,000 Jobs in U.S. with Approved Trade Pact
As it prepared to welcome President Obama to its headquarters campus Friday morning, Nike announced it would pour more money into advanced footwear manufacturing in the United States if and when the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement…

Read Obama’s Speech at Nike: Full text
The White House posted the full text of President Barack Obama's speech at Nike headquarters near Beaverton on Friday morning. The White House has also posted a video of the speech.
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Oregon! (Applause.) Well,…

Lots of Fuzzy Numbers Behind Walmart’s American Manufacturing Push
Walmart, the nation's largest importer of foreign goods by volume, is currently hosting an open call for American-made product pitches at its Arkansas headquarters. This "American manufacturing summit" is part of the company's commitment - made…

Walmart: Opening Our Doors – to Open Bigger Ones Across America
100 new hires. That’s how many Emilia PC expects to add by the end of this year, all resulting from one step the beauty product manufacturer took roughly 12 months ago: attending Walmart’s Open Call for products that support American jobs.
That’s…

U.S. Manufacturing Costs Almost As Low As China’s
Manufacturing in the United States of America is becoming more affordable. The reason? Fracking.
You don’t need to a Nobel Prize in economics to know that the fracking revolution has been good for the U.S. What’s not so well known is…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…