Trump’s 5 Million Apprenticeship Goal Out of Touch with Reality

July 9, 2017
In a column, “The U.S. Must Reshore Not Offshore Jobs,” he explained, “We are creating a world where a handful of senior workers manage a massive low cost labor source overseas to produce and manage our products and services.” By early 2016 …
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Automation Will Lead To Collaboration Between Man And Machine

July 9, 2017
Often the only alternatives have been service-sector jobs paying $12 an hour without benefits. US Manufacturing Sector on the rise and the myth of reshoring jobs Significantly, despite the decline in manufacturing jobs, the total inflation-adjusted output …
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How Much Does It Cost to Manufacture Overseas Versus at Home?

July 9, 2017
As a result, manufacturing jobs have begun to trickle back to the US. One survey in December 2015 found that 17 percent of manufacturing executives were already “reshoring” jobs—that is, bringing them back to the US. Another 37 percent were planning …
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On-the-Spot, Design-to-Print Action by Kornit Digital at Avanprint

July 9, 2017
To substantiate this visionary approach, Tim Hallett, marketing director at Kornit Digital North America, will be presenting on reshoring the textile printing industry back to the US, the online booming effect within the fashion industry and the challenges …
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A new model for reshoring in the UK garment industry

July 6, 2017
For reshoring to succeed, factories in countries like the UK must provide customers with something they need but cannot get at any price elsewhere. A full service factory capable of producing 50-1000 pieces of a style, delivering first orders in 7 days …
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As Nigeria left it too late!

July 4, 2017
The threat is the rapid progress in developing such robots, especially in the U.S. where they can help reshore textile jobs. The promise of these advances is such that the Chinese Jinsheng Group is already investing $2.4 billion, to build factories …
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Britain is back in business as firms start ‘reshoring’ manufacturing to the UK

July 3, 2017
Shoe maker Clarks has joined a flurry of firms bringing work back to the UK. The company is to open a new plant at its Somerset headquarters, more than decade after closing its last factory here and shipping production abroad. It is among a growing number …
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Britain is back in business as firms start ‘reshoring’ manufacturing to the UK – Mirror Online

July 3, 2017
Britain is back in business as firms start ‘reshoring’ manufacturing to the UK  Mirror Online

As Clarks is set to open a new plant in Somerset we look at some of the other firms ensuring UK manufacturers are having their busiest spell for 29 years.

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Made in the USA: Berks-area companies take pride in producing goods domestically

July 2, 2017
While it can sometimes be a challenge to find American-made products, that might not be the case much longer. Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative, a nonprofit established in 2010 to encourage manufacturers not to outsource jobs to other …
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Cars key to Trump NAFTA redo

June 30, 2017
Even if America’s trade deficit with Mexico disappears, it may simply migrate somewhere else. Persuading automakers to reshore production in the U.S. could give a short-term boost to the economy, helping Trump fulfill his promise to lift growth to 3 …
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