U.S. Manufacturing Isn’t Dead Yet
An American factory worker in a scene from “American Made Movie.” | Photo Credit: Variance Films
Technology, global competitiveness and outsourcing put manufacturing on life support in America, but after…
U.S. Manufacturers Gain Ground
Factory workers put the finishing touches on motorcycles on the line at a Harley-Davidson assembly facility in York, Pa., where union work rules were simplified. After more than a decade of losing ground to China and other export…
P&G Voluntarily Recalls Limited Quantity of Dry Pet Food
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has voluntarily recalled specific lots of dry pet food because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. These lots were distributed…
Making It In The U.S.A. One Step At A Time
In the early 1940s, in order to advance the domestic industrial base in the time of war, Congress passed a law that required America’s military to use American-made equipment.
The so-called “Berry…
'Manufacturing 2.0' Finds Home in New York
An engineer at Shapeways removes finished products from a 3D Printer at the company's factory in New York City. Anyone can upload a 3-D design to Shapeways' website and submit an order to have it "printed" in plastic at…
Manufacturing Council Eyes Retraining Curriculum For Skilled Jobs
Nationwide, manufacturers say that there is a gap between available jobs and the skills job seekers needed to fill those jobs — a recent report by Deloitte LLP and the Manufacturing Institute contends that as many as 600,000 skilled…
The American Dream Is Built on Fair Wages
My life is a tribute to the American Dream. My business partner and I started with 300 record albums and a $20 booth at the local farmers market. That was nearly 34 years ago. Vintage Vinyl has grown into a multi-million…
Re-Shoring Jobs With The Moto X
Reposted from Forbes:
Recent news in and around the smartphone space points to an increasingly challenging environment:
Weaker-than-expected shipments from Samsung;
Weaker-than-expected June quarter shipments followed by…
Crumbling American Dreams
The demolition of the old Port Clinton Middle and Jefferson Elementary Schools in Port Clinton, Ohio. Andrew Borowiec for The New York Times.
By ROBERT D. PUTNAM
My hometown — Port Clinton, Ohio, population 6,050 — was in the…
Admit it. You love cheap clothes. And you don't care about child slave labour
Young boys rescued from child traffickers at Katihar station in Bihar state, India, waiting for their parents to collect them. Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain for the Observer
Despite a series of revelations for…
