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Michael Messing/Special to The Oak RidgerStudents from Hardin Valley Academy, Halls High School and Oak Ridge High School celebrate winning the 2013 championship title at the FIRST Robotics Smoky Mountains regionals. Written by: Carolyn Krause / Special to The Oak Ridger The 3-D printer has been in the news recently […]
Jeffrey M. Jones Six in 10 say they would pay more to buy U.S.-made products PRINCETON, NJ — Forty-five percent of Americans say they recently made a special effort to buy products made in the United States. When asked why, these shoppers mainly cited patriotic or altruistic goals related to the national economy, including creating […]
Photograph by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Karen E. Klein Question: How can I successfully promote my made-in-the-USA children’s clothing line both domestically and overseas? Answer: There is plenty of evidence that marketing your company under the Brand U.S.A. banner can boost sales, both domestically and overseas. And with a string of tragedies involving overseas garment workers in the news recently, more customers […]
Norton’s U.S.A. celebrates 6 years of made in the U.S.A. with fun events and deals (Posted By Melissa Schwartz, Community Contributor / June 3, 2013) Melissa Schwartz Norton’s U.S.A., a uniquely American General Store in Barrington, is celebrating its 6th anniversary this month! For the past 6 years, Deborah Leydig has shared her passion […]
Ted Samson Companies are moving manufacturing closer to high-tech hubs to better protect intellectual property, serve customers For the first time in more than a decade, technology manufacturing jobs are on the rise in the United States, according to new research from Jones Lang LaSalle. The jobs aren’t surging back, per se; the research company predicts […]
Rockwell Automation viewed from the Milwaukee river Sophie Quinton Sailors on Lake Michigan know they’re approaching the south side of Milwaukee when they spot the Allen-Bradley Clock Tower. But the building beneath the tower acts as a marker of another sort: the structure originally built to be a manufacturing plant is now filled with […]
ABC News – Lenovo Paves the Way for Made-in-America Computers as North Carolina Facility Ramps Up Full Production (ABC News) JOANNA STERN Stephanie Nance places Microsoft stickers on new Lenovo ThinkPad computers. And not just any computers. They are computers that her mother Sharon Nance helped assemble. The mother-daughter team doesn’t work in China or at one of the infamous factories like Foxconn. […]
By JENNA WORTHAM and BRIAN X. CHEN Just like Apple, Google has caught the “Made in America” bug. Motorola Mobility, the handset maker acquired by Google, says its next phone, called Moto X, will be manufactured in the United States. Speaking at the All Things D conference in Southern California on Wednesday, Dennis Woodside, the head of Motorola, […]
Cathryn Gran NORRIDGE — Open barely two months, Boutique3 is striving to offer clothing and accessories made in this country. “We’re trying to stock all made-in-America labels,” said Carrie Ann Esposito, a Norridge resident and one of three partners in the business at Regency Plaza, 5050 N. Cumberland Ave. “We do our own buying, but […]
Steve Atkinson SAN DIEGO – Small businesses, it’s the backbone of America. But what if you couldn’t find investors to help you grow your American-made business unless you took your product overseas. A local business is facing that dilemma and 10News spoke with the owner who says that the company is now turning to the […]
Michele Nash-Hoff We now live in a globalized economy, and many people say it doesn’t matter where something is made. They say that the industrialization of third world countries is good because it has provided jobs for millions of people and raised their standard of living. American consumers have benefited from cheaper prices for the […]
Maria Pereira of Parsippany is shown in this 2011 photo sewing draw-string backpacks with ‘Made In Newark’ printed on them at Unionware, a company in West Newark. A new report from the Brookings Institution examines Newark’s manufacturing assets. (Star-Ledger file photo) Ed Beeson Newark has much of what it would take to undergo a new […]
Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY — The United States is not respecting a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on meat labeling, Mexico’s Agriculture Minister Enrique Martinez said on Tuesday, saying it was hurting local industry. The WTO ruled in late June last year that a U.S. program for labeling imported meat unfairly discriminated against Mexico and […]
The recent Bangladesh collapse has raised an overall awareness on the safety being taken when manufacturers produce garments overseas. The All American Clothing Co, a USA made jean manufacturer is proving it can be done with safety and profit. El Paso, Texas was once considered the blue jeans capital of the world. According to the […]
Clothing with Joe Fresh labels lies in the debris on April 30 By Calum Macleod DHAKA, Bangladesh — Just two more months, the daughter promised her mother by telephone, then she’d be home for good. Making shirts in this packed metropolis of 12 million people, Sheuli Akhter, 20, made decent money — about $140 a […]
NEW YORK — You can recycle your waste, grow your own food and drive a fuel-efficient car. But being socially responsible isn’t so easy when it comes to the clothes on your back. Jason and Alexandra Lawrence of Lyons, Colo., eat locally grown food and fill up their diesel-powered Volkswagen and Dodge pickup with vegetable-based […]
Mark Tomlinson CEO, Society of Manufacturing Engineers There’s been a lot of discussion lately about American manufacturing: why it’s important to a strong economy, what policies could strengthen it, and if the signs of resurgence will result in jobs for the many who remain unemployed in this country. (“Is U.S. manufacturing making a comeback, or is […]
Sally Schilling/Daily Journal Dylan Sievers, right, and Lisa Sievers, third from right, with the Bulldog Lighting company. Sally Schilling Most Americans probably don’t think twice when they read a label that says, “Made in USA” They assume the product is made domestically. What they don’t realize is that the meaning of “Made in the USA” […]
Labels of garments made in Bangladesh, India, China, and Pakistan (AP Photo/David Goldman) Kim Bhasin Six dollars. That’s how much more an American consumer would have to pay for the typical T-shirt made in the U.S. rather than in a potentially unsafe factory in a poor, faraway country. So reckons Eric Henry, chief executive […]
Kenneth Rapoza China loves Made in the U.S.A. China’s Favorite U.S. States in 2012 The No. 2 economy kept its spot as the third largest importer of U.S. goods last year, second only to neighborly Canada and Mexico.“The U.S.-China trade relationship strengthens America’s economy and creates well-paying jobs for many American workers across the country,” […]
Backers of the legislation to create a “Made in California” label include electric-car maker Tesla Motors Inc., a group of San Francisco Bay Area green-tech firms and small-business advocates. But some business leaders see problems ahead for the concept. (Jane Tyska, Contra Costa Times / April 11, 2013) Marc Lifsher The legislation, for manufactured products, […]
The ‘poster child’ for USA made clothing continues to grow as they create new products. All American Clothing Co. today announced a new line of tee shirts. Three new styles have been designed and added to its inventory with high quality expectations. They are also sold at an affordable price that will allow anyone to […]
by: Zainab Akande Check the tag of the clothes you’re wearing, either now or sometime after you read this article. There is always small printed text that informs the customer where that item of clothing was made. More often than not, the name of some far away country completely unrelated to our daily lives is listed. The […]
By Peter Grier Staff writer The Walt Disney Company pulls out of five developing countries – including Bangladesh, site of a devastating building collapse of a garment factory – telling licensees of Disney-brand items of its decision to phase out production there. Critics say pulling out is not the best response. The Walt Disney Co. is pulling […]
BY: Jeffrey M. Jones Patriotism, Jobs Primary Motivations for ‘Buying American’. Six in 10 say they would pay more to buy U.S.-made products PRINCETON, NJ — Forty-five percent of Americans say they recently made a special effort to buy products made in the United States. When asked why, these shoppers mainly cited patriotic or altruistic […]
Mitch Lipka May 3, 2013 (Reuters) – When Roger Simmermaker went shopping for clothes at a Florida mall in the mid-1990s, he wanted to buy American, but to his frustration, he couldn’t find anything made in the U.S.A. The experience motivated Simmermaker, an electronics technician by trade, to write “How Americans Can Buy American” – a guide […]
After years of building what they hoped would boost profits by enhancing overseas operations, many U.S. manufacturers have become disillusioned by the lack of return on investment they had anticipated. Instead of finding cost-saving benefits overseas through outsourcing, they are finding headaches, which have spurred a growing number of American companies to head home and […]
Gilbert B. KaplanFormer Deputy Assistant and Acting Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce Hard as it may be to believe, there are forces in Washington that oppose the revival of the U.S. manufacturing sector. Who are they, and how do we counter their efforts? I think — roughly — […]
John D. Oravecz and Andrew Conte To avoid always having to stamp documents to verify shipments originated in the United States, a chamber of commerce near Chicago’s O’Hare airport leases its seals to busy exporters for $250 a year. It would be too much work for a chamber employee […]
Eight-story building collapses in Bangladesh Anna McMullenSpecial for CNN (CNN) — The sad fact behind the building collapse in Bangladesh in which hundreds died is that it isn’t an isolated problem. The story will leave the headlines at the end of this week but on Monday hundreds of thousands of workers will […]
