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Growing numbers of U.S. companies looking to bring manufacturing operations back home

May 12, 2014
Currently, 21 percent of large companies are actively engaged in reshoring activities, or bringing manufacturing operations back home, which is twice the rate seen in 2012, Harry Moser told an audience of mostly economic developers. Shoppers are taking …
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Onshoring makes business work in global marketplace – BizTimes.com (Milwaukee) (blog)

May 12, 2014

Why imagine that supply chains and/or markets could or should be compressed into the boundaries of a single nation state, or among America’s reliable allies? “Globalization” was the catch phrase of an era. The prize would go to those American (and Wisconsin) businesses that spread themselves across the planet the fastest, in […]

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Reshoring trend boosts sales at NPI Solutions – Herald Scotland

May 12, 2014

NPI Solutions is on course to grow turnover to £2.3 million in the current year from £1.6m in 2013 after winning a series of contracts. Managing director Kevin Priestley said NPI had won £1m orders in recent months from firms in industries ranging from rail to power generation. Loading article content NPI has increased employee […]

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Reshoring expert to speak in Birmingham about bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.

May 11, 2014
Harry Moser is founder of the Chicago-based Reshoring Initiative, which was recently named by Frost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing Leadership Council as a winner of the 2014 Manufacturing Leadership Award in the category of industry advocacy. The group says …
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O’Neal plans $5M investment, new jobs thanks to Caterpillar’s reshoring efforts – Birmingham Business Journal

May 9, 2014

A partnership to build components for Caterpillar will mean a division O’Neal Industries will hire 20 to 25 new employees. Bryan Davis Reporter- Birmingham Business Journal Email  |  Twitter O’Neal Manufacturing Services is expanding its business partnership with Caterpillar Inc. to provide a variety of fabricated parts and components for Caterpillar’s new Small Track Type […]

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‘Make It In Mississippi’ challenge leverages ‘reshoring’ trends – Mississippi Business Journal (blog)

May 9, 2014

‘Make It In Mississippi’ challenge leverages ‘reshoring’ trends Next year is projected to mark the arrival of a “confluence” of developments in manufacturing that will launch in earnest a long-awaited return of American manufacturers to the United States. The Boston Consulting Group predicted the “confluence” several years ago through an analysis of reshoring trends and […]

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Action at a distance – EE Times

May 8, 2014

@Bert22306 I unfortunately do see a role for Government in rebuilding skills that have all but disappeared in the US over the last 30 years. Government’s current involvement in reshoring amounts to tax breaks (again) for manufacturing jobs. Sadly, many of the more highly skilled jobs are not the focus of the US government’s efforts […]

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US companies turn to domestic markets to safeguard IP – EE Times India

May 7, 2014

Offshoring offers a number of advantages to global companies, especially in terms of finding cost-effective labour and services. However, it also has its share of shortcomings. One of these is the lack of measures to secure intellectual property (IP). In fact, the frequent and deliberate theft of IP in China is making more US companies […]

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More manufacturers looking to re-shore back to U.S., experts say – Milwaukee Business Journal

May 6, 2014

Frank Krejci, president and CEO of Strattec Security Corp. Denise Lockwood Reporter- Milwaukee Business Journal Email  |  Twitter Master Lock LLC, Caterpillar Inc., General Electric Co. and Whirlpool Corp. have all re-shored products back to the U.S., but more manufacturers are starting to lay the groundwork to come back home, according a presentation by Deloitte […]

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Onshoring Because IP Matters – EBN

May 6, 2014

Imagine that you ship your idea for the next great electronics product to China. You’ll watch it flourish. The problem? Your name has been scrubbed from the product. Though this does not happen in all cases, the frequent and blatant theft of intellectual property (IP) […]

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