After Nine Years In Mexico, East Hartford Firm Reshores Work – Hartford Courant

May 13, 2015

EAST HARTFORD — Nine years ago, Scott Livingston’s family-owned precision manufacturing company established a beachhead in Sonora, Mexico. The triangle of land south of Arizona that runs west into the Gulf of California had been eyed as fertile land for aerospace manufacturers wanting to cut their labor costs. Horst Engineering, Livingston’s company, jumped in. Now […]

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US Firms Eyeing Benefits of Onshoring – CFO Magazine

May 13, 2015

U.S. companies are increasingly considering locating finance, IT, and other business services operations at home, with many mid-ize U.S. cities now offering attractive alternatives to India and other offshore locations, according to a new survey. Consulting firm The Hackett Group said the diminishing gap in labor costs, proximity to customers and headquarters, and state tax […]

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Manufacturing skills get the Go Ahead – The Northern Echo

May 13, 2015

Go Ahead Training: (from left) Zane Simane, Shaun Stuart and Dave Spensley. First published in Training by Andy Richardson MANUFACTURING skills are set for a major boost with the launch of a new company. Go Ahead Training is the brainchild of engineering boss Dave Spensley, who wants to ensure companies within the manufacturing industry have […]

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U.S. Firms Eyeing Benefits of Onshoring

May 12, 2015
U.S. companies are increasingly considering onshoring finance, IT, and other business services operations at home, with many mid-size U.S. cities now offering attractive alternatives to India and other offshore locations, according to a new survey.
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Reshoring American Manufacturing Does Not Solve Poor Manufacturing … – Digital Journal

May 12, 2015

This press release was orginally distributed by ReleaseWire Mankato, MN — (ReleaseWire) — 05/12/2015 — Reshoring is great. It means more jobs back in the United States. It does not, however, solve the problem of poor communication on the part of manufacturing executives. The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) recently suggested that, “Now’s the time […]

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Are American Manufacturers Reshoring? – Forbes

May 12, 2015
Are American Manufacturers Reshoring?  Forbes

VideoAre American companies reshoring after years of sending production offshore? It’s not that simple, according to Wharton professor Morris Cohen, “Is the …

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Reshoring Initiative Encourages American Manufacturing – Manufacturing.net

May 11, 2015

Harry Moser, the former president of machine tool company GF AgieCharmilles, is on a mission to bring manufacturing back to the United States. His Reshoring Initiative offers resources and information for companies which want to move factories from overseas to the U.S. He spoke to Product Design and Development in an exclusive interview about the […]

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Go Ahead to address manufacturing skills gap – BQ Live

May 8, 2015

Entrepreneur Dave Spensley has launched Go Ahead Training with the aim of ensuring companies within the manufacturing industry have a deep talent pool to access. The region’s industrial sectors are undergoing a major revival as the drive to’re-shore’ continues, however there is a lack of talented young people with the skills and attitudes required […]

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Putting “Reshoring” into Perspective – Nippon.com

May 7, 2015

With the yen at its weakest level in years, some major Japanese manufacturers with overseas facilities are moving to shift production back to Japan. But insiders caution that the “reshoring” trend is a limited phenomenon and signals no real change in the basic strategy of Japanese export companies in the age of globalization. Homecoming for […]

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Wal-Mart touts Memphis entrepreneur in effort to attract more vendors – Memphis Commercial Appeal

May 6, 2015

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cites Memphis entrepreneur Jennifer McCullough in its latest call for products made in the United States. McCullough was a caterer whose Chef Jenn line of prepared foods was stocked last year for the first time by the nation’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart has scheduled its annual Made in the USA Open Call and […]

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