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We’re all aware of how critical manufacturing has been to the U.S. economy over the past several decades. Most of us are equally aware that it still plays a huge role. But do you realize how big a role it still plays? If you add up all the offshoring […]
A new Kickstarter campaign,launched by the founder of Flint and Tinder, wants to make blue shoelaces a symbol of American manufacturing. (The Blue Lace Project) The Bluelace Project, which launched on Tuesday via a Kickstarter campaign, wants to make blue shoelaces a symbol of support for American manufacturing that is as […]
The Walmart on Atlantic Boulevard in Canton is collecting food for employees who can’t afford Thanksgiving dinner. The company said this is proof that employees look out for one another. The group of employees who have held national strikes against the world’s largest retailer says the food drive is proof Walmart doesn’t pay associates enough […]
Tree leaves were turning yellow and red in Damascus, Oregon, in late October. Competing with fall foliage for attention were Halloween decorations, which adorned almost every house in this sleepy middle-class suburb of Portland on America’s Pacific West Coast. SECRET LETTER FOUND INSIDE HALLOWEEN TOY A few pumpkins sat on the steps leading to Julie […]
The push by Wal-Mart Stores to return manufacturing to the U.S. has gathered more momentum with the global retailer announcing that three companies will support manufacturing operations in Georgia, South Carolina and Pennsylvania. Wal-Mart officials announced on Jan. 15, 2013, a pledge to purchase in the next 10 years […]
Rogers is famous for Daisy BB guns but it will soon be home to another toy maker, Redman & Associates, who announced a $6.5 million investment to relocate its ride-on toy manufacturing business from Shanghai to Northwest Arkansas over the next three years. Gov. Mike Beebe, Walmart U.S. CEO […]
A job-seeker, right, talks to a prospective employer at a job fair earlier this year at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights. Jeff Korzenik, chief investment strategist at Fifth Third Bank, said there was not a lot of hiring of young people during the recession, but that has changed. Their unemployment rate […]
Customers shop at a Walmart Supercenter in Rogers, Arkansas June 6, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Rick Wilking The world’s largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc announced three new manufacturing projects by suppliers in the United States to produce footwear, curtains and glassware as part of a broader commitment to “buy American.” Bill Simon, Wal-Mart’s U.S. president and CEO, made the announcement […]
We have heard a great deal this year about manufacturing coming back to the United States. We hear about the diminishing wage gap in some Asian countries and the possibility of lower U.S. energy prices. In addition, a few small examples of goods currently made in China, but now being planned […]
A Wilson Sporting Goods factory in Ada, Ohio. (Photo: Skip Peterson, AP file) Manufacturing activity in the U.S. expanded at the fastest pace in 2½ years last month, getting a boost from overseas growth and a strong year for the auto industry. The manufacturing index at the Institute for […]
Manufacturing matters because it’s simply impossible to have a vibrant national economy without a healthy globally traded sector, and manufacturing is America’s most important traded sector. Manufacturing has been the focus of much attention lately — a key theme of President Barack Obama’s Inauguration and State of the Union […]
A national manufacturing strategy would help U.S. industries stay on the cutting-edge of emerging technologies, enhance overall knowledge generation and thereby prevent economy-wide erosion of innovation capacity even if some market share is lost to overseas competitors. A robust traded sector economy is essential to U.S. global competitiveness, and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ confidence in the economy fell this month to the lowest level since April, as many worried about the impact of a 16-day partial government shutdown. The decline could weigh on spending and economic growth. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its index of consumer confidence […]
Prospective job seekers meet Oct. 24 with company reps at the annual “Honor a Hero — Hire a Vet” job fair in Van Nuys, Calif. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown, AFP/Getty Images) The 16-day government shutdown hurt jobs growth in the private sector this month with only 130,000 jobs added, a drop […]
Toledo, Ohio-based glass fiber reinforcements and engineered materials producer Owens Corning will invest $120 million to establish a manufacturing facility at the N.C. Certified Gastonia Technology Park in Gastonia, N.C., and create 110 jobs. The facility will include a state-of-the-art manufacturing line, coating capability, and research and development resources, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Team USA will now wear the Made in the USA label. Every article of clothing made by Ralph Lauren for the U.S. Winter Olympic athletes in Sochi, including their opening and closing ceremony uniforms and their Olympic Village gear, has been made by domestic craftsman and manufacturers. During […]
Behind the American Export Surge Export manufacturing has recently become the unsung hero of the U.S. economy. Despite all the public focus on the U.S. trade deficit, little attention has been paid to the fact that the country’s exports have been growing more than seven times faster than GDP since 2005. As a share of […]
U.S. consumers are spending more money on domestic goods and services at the cost of imports, and this trend will likely boost the dollar in the medium term, according to a B. of A. Merrill Lynch Global Research report. Real import growth has declined to less than 1% in the first half […]
If your pet has been eating jerky treats and is feeling sick, please get him to the vet. Nearly 600 pets have died and thousands more have been sickened after eating jerky treats produced in China — and the Food and Drug Administration has no idea why. The FDA on Tuesday announced that since 2007 it had […]
If you have a dog or cat that became ill after eating jerky pet treats, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would like to hear from you or your veterinarian. The agency has repeatedly issued alerts to consumers about reports it has received concerning jerky pet treat-related illnesses involving 3,600 dogs and 10 cats in […]
John Ratzenberger (best known for playing the mailman Cliff Clavin on Cheers) has launched a crowd source campaign with FundAnything for his brand new television series, ‘John Ratzenberger’s American Made.’ A video release on the show and campaign “From the things we need, to the things we want, to the things we dream about— we’re […]
Ms. Bland in her space in the Industry City lot in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. | David B. Torch for The New York Times Almost a year to the day since she began pitching the idea for Manufacture New York, a work hive for independent designers with outposts in Brooklyn and Manhattan, Bob Bland was on […]
Meet Baxter, a robot. Just seven months on the line, he’s the newest member of the team at Pennsylvania manufacturer Rodon. / CBS News (CBS News) Payroll processor ADP says private businesses added 166,000 new jobs in September. In the future, some of those could be manufacturing jobs returning from places like China, thanks to […]
Cambria Production Facility – Cambria employees at work at the Cambria Production Facility in Le Sueur, Minn. L to R: Jordan Ristow, Doug Jones, Jim Wendroth, Nik Illiff (Courtesy of Cambria) Studies show that the demand for skilled workers is growing throughout Minnesota — especially in rural areas and small towns […]
Today, October 4, is National Manufacturing Day. With events scheduled in communities throughout the country, National Manufacturing Day highlights the importance of the sector to the U.S. economy and affords businesses an opportunity to highlight the numerous career opportunities that exist for skilled individuals across a variety of manufacturing trades. […]
Read about Manufacturing Day 2013, it’s mission, and how you can get involved. THE MFG DAY MISSIONMFG DAY addresses common misconceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn’t. By working together […]
Ruth Kirchner, an instructor at the Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis, Minn., showing students different kinds of fabrics and stitches. | Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times MINNEAPOLIS — It was past quitting time at a new textile factory here, but that was not the only reason the work […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Shuanghui International won the largest ever Chinese takeover of a US company Tuesday when shareholders of pork giant Smithfield Foods approved its $7.1 billion offer. The deal locks in for Shuanghui and the giant Chinese market a strong supply from the world’s largest pig raiser and pork processor.
WASHINGTON — The gap in employment rates between America’s highest- and lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels since officials began tracking the data a decade ago, according to an analysis of government data conducted for The Associated Press. Rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families – those […]
