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Sourcing Suppliers Close to Home Provides Several Competitive Benefits

February 1, 2017
Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative agrees. He said manufacturers are using total cost of ownership analysis and taking into account everything from transportation costs and travel expenses to IP loss and impact on product innovation.
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Seegrid Supports Auto Industry Growth with Automated Vision Guided Vehicles

February 1, 2017
“There will be a renewed focus on innovation and manufacturing in the U.S. auto industry as we continue to reshore jobs, reversing four decades of outsourcing, and we look forward to working with our customers to find new ways to streamline processes …
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Trump’s tax holiday proposal likely to see dollar surge, says Nomura

February 1, 2017
On the other hand, it is clear “Trump is interested in talking the dollar down as part of a plan to reshore manufacturing, and for that he will need to have currency wars”. Kit Juckes, a macro strategist at Société Générale, acknowledges this apparent …
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Making American Bicycle Production Great Again

February 1, 2017
The timing of HIA Velo (Handmade in America) to reshore the production of carbon frames to Arkansas looks perfect. HIA Velo’s production will start in early 2017. The first public viewing will be at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Salt Lake …
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Trump Wants Companies to Think About Reshoring

January 31, 2017
After earning himself the nickname of ‘Twitterer-in-Chief, President-Elect Donald Trump is looking like he might soon be known as ‘Reshorer-in-Chief’ as well. Last month, not long after his shock election, Trump described a telephone conversation …
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Trump’s Job Reclamation Program a Work in Progress

January 31, 2017
Currently, the EMS industry, not to mention the full body of global manufacturers, awaits more information. Statements about reshoring manufacturing have had their effect on the minds of OEMs and EMSs. Trump’s aim to reclaim jobs from offshore is a noble …
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Manufacturers: Reinvest savings into your company to gain an advantage

January 31, 2017
Workforce continues to be a challenge, especially as reshoring — bringing jobs that had been outsourced to other countries back to the U.S. — continues to be the trend. There are educators, associations and public entities that are working to provide …
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In Our View: Manufacturing Matters

January 31, 2017
But, says nonprofit advocacy group the Reshoring Initiative, in 2015, the U.S. economy added nearly as many jobs through reshoring and foreign investment as it lost to offshoring. As USA Today reported in April 2016: “Some of the largest U.S.-based …
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Reshoring of manufacturing to the UK looks set to continue, says Pentagon

January 31, 2017
Pentagon Plastics says last year’s spike in companies choosing to ‘reshore’ their manufacturing practices to the UK shows no sign of waning for 2017. Over the last year the Surrey-based contract moulder and toolmaker has welcomed an increase in …
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US trade chief seeks to reshore supply chain

January 30, 2017
Donald Trump won the presidency on the back of promises to shake up Washington. But according to his advisers he is also setting out to shake up the structure of international business and the global economy. Peter Navarro, the head of a new White House …
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