This week has seen the word ‘reshoring’ enter the mainstream. In Unite’s strategy document ‘Made in Britain’, published in November last year, we set out the case to reshore under the heading ‘Bringing Back The Supply Chain’. In the document we said: “Unite believes that previously, the ‘herd mentality’ took valuable manufacturing investment […]

U.S. manufacturing — and the jobs that go with it — have been steadily increasing since 2010. As President Obama mentioned during January’s State of the Union address, the U.S. economy added 568,000 new manufacturing sector jobs between January 2010 and December 2013. Meanwhile, industry — of which manufacturing is the largest component — reduced its […]

Three manufacturing-association presidents, NTMA, NTMA, and AMT, discuss ways to ensure the manufacturing sector’s long-term growth. More than 700 manufacturing leaders will descend on Phoenix this week for the MFG Meeting (Manufacturing for Growth), an annual gathering of manufacturing leaders from across the country, […]

Cable announces £129m for nine reshoring projects 05 March, 2014 The UK business secretary Vince Cable has announced the latest steps the government is taking to help manufacturers to “reshore” – bring production and jobs back to the UK from low-cost countries in the East. In a speech at EEF’s National Manufacturing Conference, Cable […]