Austin, Texas – During the past decade as overall costs in Asia have soared, a growing number of American companies have moved their production back to North America, whether the U.S. or Mexico. This reshoring and near-shoring manufacturing trend is the subject of Entrada Group’s latest podcast: “Bring it Home – How the U.S. […]

There have been many executive changes at Wal-Mart Stores in recent months, including a new management team at the retailer’s mammoth U.S. division. And while some say all has seemed quiet on the retailer’s push to return manufacturing jobs to the U.S. since the departure of former Walmart U.S. CEO Bill Simon, Wal-Mart disagrees. “Our […]

FRANKLIN COUNTY >> Manufacturing jobs continued to decline both nationally and locally. The Pennsylvania State Data Center at Penn State Harrisburg released a research brief last week based on new U.S. Census data which shows continued declines in both the number of manufacturers and the number of employees over the last 15 years. In Franklin […]