The health of the US manufacturing sector has been at the top of the news agenda for some time. Factory closures are highly publicized; businesses that move their production overseas are publicly shamed; and politicians often find themselves on the defensive. True, the United States has seen a dramatic reduction in manufacturing jobs over the […]

In late 2013, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) announced the creation of the “Manufacturing Jobs for America” initiative, which aims to “train Washington’s focus on manufacturing jobs.” The initiative, with 22 backers in the Senate, all Democrats, wants to bring new legislation to Congress and the President that will help American manufacturers grow and hire new employees, […]

“Washington’s not talking about this; the biggest revolution equal to the internet is…energy independence in the United States. The cheap natural gas is going to basically allow us to re-shore manufacturing.” That’s what Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had to say on CNBC this morning when asked about the resurgence of manufacturing in America. Spot on, […]

Terry Scuoler: reshoring question How can we manufacture a return of firms to British shores? Can Britain double its exports by 2020 and bring manufacturing home? That is the question posed by EEF, the manufacturer’s organisation at its National Manufacturing Conference – ‘Make it Britain’ – on March 4 at the QE2 Centre, Westminster. Senior […]