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ROMJ and Reshoring Initiative Cooperate to Bring Back One Million Jobs

April 26, 2017
Over the last few decades, as many as four million good paying manufacturing jobs have been lost to foreign nations to reduce costs. In the last few years, costs of production in China and other nations have been increasing, encouraging even many Chinese …
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Process automation: A model response to Trumponomics and Brexit?

April 26, 2017
Our view at NTPT for a while has been that offshoring manufacturing to China/Asia/Mexico can’t go on forever, that a significant trend toward reshoring of manufacturing is probably inevitable, and that there may be some good business opportunities to be …
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In outsourcing as in life—caveat emptor

April 26, 2017
The panelists include Ames Gross, President, Pacific Bridge Medical; Rosemary Coates, Executive Director, Reshoring Institute; and Benazir Premji, Market Research Analyst, Decision Resources Group. For more information and to register to attend …
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AMERICA’S MANUFACTURING RENAISSANCE

April 26, 2017
The non-profit advocacy group Reshoring Initiative says more American companies have been moving manufacturing operations back to the U.S. either for practical or public relations reasons. Rising wages in Asia, higher tax burdens abroad, high international …
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The New American Reshoring Movement By the Numbers

April 26, 2017
Companies reshore jobs in part due to increasing foreign labor costs, but that’s just one reason. Simply put, as automation and tools for engineering have improved, so too has the complexity of the manufacturing industry. And many specialty manufacturing …
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Rockwell CEO sees increasing optimism among manufacturers

April 25, 2017
Rockwell Automation chief executive officer Blake Moret said there’s optimism among manufacturers about a more competitive environment under President Donald Trump and while there haven’t been signs of large amounts of reshoring, some customers have …
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3 Trends Advisors Need to Watch

April 25, 2017
3. Innovate or Else Today, the movement of some jobs and manufacturing – so-called reshoring or onshoring – “is absolutely happening,” the speaker says. “U.S. innovation is extraordinary. How, in comparison, will China innovate?” she asked.
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Koncilja keeps pushing Moser to recuse from Black Hills case

April 25, 2017
Commissioners Frances Koncilja and Wendy Moser verbally sparred again at the weekly Colorado Public Utilities Commission meeting, with Koncilja still pushing for Moser to recuse herself from Black Hills Energy matters while the latter accused Koncilja of …
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30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates are Back Under 4%. Is That Really a Big Deal?

April 24, 2017
Trump to take office in January. Trump has promised to reshore manufacturing and create jobs, but it’s far too soon to determine the full impact of proposed policies. In the meantime, potential homebuyers should keep an eye on the mortgage rate this …
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Yes, manufacturing jobs are coming back, but they are fewer than advertised . . . and better

April 24, 2017
Currently Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute (Los Gatos, CA), Coates will be speaking at PLASTEC East in New York in June on navigating reshoring and she also will participate in a panel discussion on supply chain challenges in Asia versus the …
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