Is the Apparel Industry Primed for a Return to the US? – IndustryWeek

January 17, 2018
Is the Apparel Industry Primed for a Return to the US?  IndustryWeek

Faster delivery and customization are combining with automation and rising offshore costs to spur a return of apparel manufacturing to the U.S..

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Mood brightens on NAFTA’s prospects

January 16, 2018
“If his surrogates can find a way to stitch those stories together, they can find a way to back off the boiler on NAFTA, and say we’re getting the action we want” on reshoring manufacturing, Volpe said. The chances for negotiating success are now 90 …
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Don’t pile into property in 2018

January 13, 2018
There will be regional variations. Prices will probably go up in the Midlands, home of reshoring and the UK’s manufacturing resurgence, but down in London, where properties are used as safety deposit boxes. So it makes sense that the overall price rise …
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Global production on brink of exponential change

January 13, 2018
6. The Fourth Industrial Revolution will trigger selective reshoring, nearshoring and other structural changes to global value chains. Emerging technologies will change the cost-benefit equation for shifting production activities. 7. Readiness for the …
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Is Alabama now the auto capital of the South?

January 11, 2018
This is the crown jewel in Donald Trump’s reshoring initiative.” ‘It’s pretty cool’ Toyota has announced it will build the Corolla in Huntsville, while Mazda will manufacture an as-yet-unannounced crossover. The two companies will also reportedly have a …
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American Companies Keep Sending Thousands of Jobs Overseas – The Cheat Sheet

January 11, 2018
American Companies Keep Sending Thousands of Jobs Overseas  The Cheat Sheet

Which companies are guilty of exporting American jobs? These 15 companies laid off American workers and sent their jobs overseas.

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Is Alabama now the auto capital of the South? – AL.com

January 11, 2018
Is Alabama now the auto capital of the South?  AL.com

Almost 21 years after workers produced the state’s first automobile in Tuscaloosa, Alabama stands poised to ascend to a new position – nationally and globally …

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Reshoring: Will it reduce truck traffic?

January 11, 2018
A study conducted by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) recently concluded that if anywhere from 5% to 25% of manufacturing activity in East Asia shifted back to the U.S. over the next five to 10 years – a process widely known as …
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These Stocks Could Soon Explode Thanks to a U.S. Investment Boom

January 10, 2018
“Corporate investment spending plans are surging while the lower headline tax rate ought to encourage some reshoring.” Nucor is a holding in Jim Cramer’s Action Alerts PLUS Charitable Trust Portfolio. Want to be alerted before Cramer buys or sells NUE?
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Reshoring survey intended to affect policy changes

January 9, 2018
A 50-year manufacturing industry veteran and retired President of GF AgieCharmilles, Harry Moser founded the Reshoring Initiative to move lost jobs back to the U.S. See www.reshorenow.org. The initiative’s sponsoring associations and companies are also …
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