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Training the Next-Generation Engineer: When Does it Begin and End? – I-Connect007

August 25, 2015

Reading time ( words) American engineering companies are seeing a severe shortage of the homegrown engineers required to compete globally. Just go into any company today and you’ll notice that increasingly, the engineers are foreign-born. Our local universities are seeing fewer and fewer American engineering students each year. Universities are also seeing a growth in […]

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The Reshoring Initiative and Walmart launch effort to help suppliers reshore

August 24, 2015
The Reshoring Initiative recently announced a program in partnership with Walmart to help companies manufacture more consumer products in the United States. Walmart has committed to… The Reshoring Initiative recently announced a program in partnership …
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Innovate Manufacturing Inc. to locate first US headquarters in Knoxville – WVLT

August 24, 2015

NASHVILLE (SUBMITTED) — Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd along with Innovate Manufacturing Inc. officials announced today the company will locate its first U.S. headquarters in Knoxville in an effort to be closer to its consumers. Innovate Manufacturing, […]

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East Tennessee gains new Chinese company – Chattanooga Times Free Press

August 24, 2015

Randy Boyd, commissioner of economic and community development in Tennessee Randy Boyd, commissioner of economic and community development… Photo by Staff File Photo /Times Free Press. A China-based company will open its first U.S. headquarters in East Tennessee, investing $4.7 million and creating 50 jobs, officials said today. Innovate Manufacturing Inc., […]

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Companies seeking freight cost cuts via nearshoring – Fleet Owner

August 24, 2015

A new survey of manufacturing and distribution company executives by global consulting firm AlixPartners finds that cutting freight costs is one of the main reasons they are contemplating “nearshoring” or “re-shoring” their enterprises closer to home. “Especially in the wake of China’s recent devaluation of the yuan, companies need to be more strategic than ever […]

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Walmart Partners with Reshoring Initiative as Made in USA Gets Real – DesignNews

August 24, 2015
Walmart Partners with Reshoring Initiative as Made in USA Gets Real  DesignNews

The Reshoring Initiative is partnering with Walmart to help retailers and suppliers manufacture more of their consumer products in the US. Walmart has …

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What Is DFMA? And Is it the Way Forward for Reshoring Efforts? – DesignNews

August 21, 2015

Just as there are varying opinions about the pace of reshoring of US manufacturing, there are different theories on how to create the efficiencies and economies without the industry to bring manufacturing back from overseas locations like China and Mexico. One expert believes the way forward for reshoring US manufacturing jobs lies in a combination […]

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Clad: Is U.S. manufacturing staging a comeback? – Chron.com

August 20, 2015

Until recently, manufacturing and industrial decline had seemed a permanent feature of the U.S. economy. More recently, we’re seeing another trend, perhaps even an “industrial renaissance.” New factory construction is mushrooming in the U.S. Last month, fixed domestic industrial investment actually doubled on a year-on-year basis. “Outlays for factory-related structures jumped in January through March,” […]

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The Reshoring Initiative and Walmart Launch Effort to Help Suppliers Reshore – Business Wire (press release)

August 19, 2015

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Reshoring Initiative recently announced a program in partnership with Walmart to help companies manufacture more consumer products in the United States. Walmart has committed to increase its U.S. purchases by $50 billion annually by January 2023. Harry Moser, founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative observed, “We were honored to be called on […]

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More Must Be Done to Overcome the Challenges to Reshoring – DesignNews

August 19, 2015

Despite reports that reshoring efforts are bringing manufacturing back to the US, the manufacturing sector is still seeing a net deficit of jobs since the recession. And more must be done to facilitate the reshoring of jobs from places like Mexico and China, according to a blog post on the website of The Rodon Group, […]

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