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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 production and production support jobs are going unfilled. Reposted from the Watertown Daily Times: Circumstances are […]
Factory manufacturing output increased for the second straight month. Overall industrial production has increased 0.8%. (Photo: Mike De Sisti, AP) While some experts are predicting a revival, manufacturing has lagged the economy for years. The country has lost nearly 2.5 million manufacturing jobs in the past 10 years. Last year, the manufacturing sector was responsible […]
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 dollar company with 23 employees. We stage 150 in-store concerts […]
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 price cuts and layoffs at Research in Motion – Blackberry; A sour outlook from HTC that calls for a sharp sequential drop in revenue; Apple AAPL -0.88%’s iPhone shipments fell 16.5% sequentially […]
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 1950s a passable embodiment of the American dream, a place that offered decent opportunity for the children […]
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 the Observer about the brutal conditions in garment factories, companies, western consumers and India are still complicit in turning […]
Daytona State College’s Center for Business & Industry will offer an 11-week “Manufacturing Fast-Track” training program beginning Sept. 9 for those are interested in careers in either machining or welding. Scholarships for the program are also available. Reposted from News Journal Online: Daytona Beach News-Journal – DAYTONA BEACH — The purpose of the course, according to […]
The economy added 162,000 jobs in July, fewer than economists expected, as unemployment fell to 7.4 percent, the Labor Department reported today. Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Breaking News | Celebrity News | More ABC News Videos Reposted from ABC News: Many economists expected the addition of 175,000 to 185,000 jobs in July […]
HERE is a symbol of China’s assault on the American economy: the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Staten Island. This landmark, which opened in 1964, is North America’s longest suspension bridge. It’s also in urgent need of renovation. Unfortunately, $34 million in steel production and fabrication work has been outsourced to China. Reposted from […]
DETROIT (Reuters) – For nearly six decades Detroit’s story has been one of relentless erosion of its once mighty manufacturing base, but even as the Motor City faces a long bankruptcy a clutch of small producers has moved in to rekindle the “Made in Detroit” brand. Reposted from Reuters: […]
Foxconn are considering a move to the USA. As you know the iPhone 5 is made at Foxconn in China right now and it has been causing quite a few problems for both the manufacturer and Apple. Foxconn are now looking into cities in the US, which include Los Angeles and Detroit to determine which […]
Rumour has it that we could see Apple iPhone 6 before the end of August or by early September at the latest. Everyone is waiting to hear that the iPhone 6 is in production, it would have to be sometime soon if it is to come out with iOS 7. We have seen many concepts […]
The Game, a Phenix City, Ala.-based manufacturer of sporting apparel for nearly a thousand collegiate baseball teams, recently announced a new line of American-made products — American Threads — to be manufactured in North Carolina. The company, founded in 1986 by Neil Stillwell, owns manufacturing operations in Mexico, Honduras and El […]
Workers prepare engine cylinder liners for packaging at the US distribution arm of ZYNP China Manufacturing, in Romulus, Michigan, near Detroit. Michael Barris / China Daily Despite the Motor City’s bankruptcy filing last week, its abundant engineering talent and car history lure Chinese automobile companies seeking global expansion, as Michael Barris […]
Politicians love promoting “made in America” during an election season but tend to forget about it once the dust settles. And so, for all the praise of American manufacturing in the last campaign — by Democrats and Republicans alike — very little has actually been done. So what happened to a […]
Moto X Colors Thousands of Android devices have been made by consumer electronics manufacturers. Maybe you know the Samsung Galaxy S4 or a Verizon Droid, but the rest of them can easily blend together. Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Breaking News | Celebrity News | More ABC News Videos But, after a year in the works, […]
Factory workers assembling the Moto X will make as little as $9-an-hour, if the help wanted ads are to be believed. Reposted from The Atlantic Today, Google-owned Motorola is officially announcing the new Moto X, an Android-powered device that, as its ads remind us, will be the first smartphone actually manufactured in the […]
The President of the United States will be speaking about rebuilding America’s middle class from the depths of an Amazon warehouse in Tennessee. His message and the site from which he’ll deliver it are dissonant, given Amazon’s prominence as a massive importer and employer of temporary workers, two truths that make it harder […]
Bangladeshi garment workers shout slogans during a protest in Dhaka, on July 14, 2013. Hundreds of Bangladeshi garment workers have set fire to their factory to demand a better bonus before the country’s main Muslim festival. police tell AFP. (AFP/File) DHAKA (AFP) – Hundreds of Bangladeshi garment workers set fire to […]
Lakishka Raybon hunches over her work station, ear buds tucked neatly in place. With a pair of tweezers in one hand and a stylus in the other, she carefully lifts each tiny component from a tray and delicately places it inside the quarter-sized circle that will soon become a wristwatch. It […]
Each pair of jeans from the All American Clothing Co. comes with a Certificate of Authenticity to showcase that it was made with USA materials by USA workers. People around the country are getting prepared for the upcoming school year with ‘back to school’ sales popping up in almost every corner. […]
It’s clear that “made in America” is an evolving trend affecting the industrial real estate market today. Reposted from GlobeST.com: As manufacturers continue to weigh the costs of moving goods in today’s market, increases in labor, shipping, and fuel expenses are driving many global companies to bring production back to North America. The result is an increasing […]
In the wake of Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza disaster, consumers are showing new interest in brands that do right by their workers. No matter how many people switch to thrift store shopping or donning dresses stitched by a local designer, fast fashion isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. But big retailers such as H&M operate on such […]
Today (07/29/13), China Labor Watch (CLW) published an investigative report detailing the labor violations of three factories of Pegatron Group, a major supplier to Apple. In 2013, Apple has increased its orders to these factories, which have benefited from and relied upon labor violations to increase their competitive edge. CLW’s investigations revealed at least 86 […]
A sign advertising Smithfield hams hangs at the Taste of Smithfield restaurant and gourmet market in Smithfield, Virginia May 30, 2013. Photo Credit: Reuters/Rich-Joseph Facun (Reuters) – The government has decided to take an additional 45 days to review a Chinese company’s plan to purchase Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork […]
Being a good business is easier than ever, makes your products sell more, and makes life a lot less risky for you–and the people who work for you. Reposted from Fast Company: I can’t think of anything that illustrates the human cost of doing business more than the tragedy […]
Made in the USA: Classic pieces by Billykirk (top left), Alden (bottom left), and Levi’s Vintage Clothing (right) Reposted from Esquire: Welcome to Green Style, a series that shows you how to make your wardrobe more environmentally friendly — all without sacrificing your personal look. These days, everyone is jumping […]
New tools are making US sourcing a more profitable bet. Today, the wave of technological innovation in communication systems and production tools is making it easier to bring new products to market faster than the competition by designing, refining and manufacturing them right here in the United States. For […]
Reposted from The New York Times: Americans overwhelmingly support labeling foods that have been genetically modified or engineered, according to a New York Times poll conducted this year, with 93 percent of respondents saying that foods containing such ingredients should be identified. Three-quarters of Americans expressed concern about genetically […]
Reposted from Racked: Until 2010, most of Lucky Brand’s jeans were made in the U.S. But after that, the company switched to manufacturing the vast majority of its goods in countries including China, Indonesia, and Mexico. Now, with parent company Fifth & Pacific reportedly in the final stages of selling the brand to private-equity […]
