Local business owner leads movement encouraging consumers to buy … – Lancaster Newspapers

November 10, 2013

Don Rongione believes every person has the power to revive the economy and create hundreds of thousands of jobs. His message is simple: Buy American. The longtime CEO of the Adamstown-based Bollman Hat Co. is the founder of American Made Matters, an organization that says consumers can make a difference by making an effort to […]

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GUEST OPINION: ‘Reshoring’ grows from trickle to trend – Fall River Herald News

November 9, 2013

It began as a ripple, but it’s becoming a powerful wave. I’m talking about the reverse migration of manufacturing from China to the United States – known as “reshoring” – that appears to be gaining momentum. At first the evidence was primarily anecdotal, as companies such as NCR Corporation, All-Clad Metalcrafters, Master Lock, Peerless Industries, […]

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Is the US doing enough to bring jobs back home? – Fox Business

November 8, 2013

This transcript is automatically generated LATEST U.S. COMPANY TO BRING JOBS BACK TO THE U.S., ANNOUNCING PLANS FOR A NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN MESA, ARIZONA. THAT COULD CREATE UP TO 2,000 JOBS. WHILE THIS ACE POSITIVE SIGN, IS THIS COUNTRY DOING ENOUGH TO BRING JOBS BACK HOME? LET’S BRING IN HARRY MOSER, FOUNDER OF RESTORING […]

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US needs to stop being afriad of Mexico – Oregon Business News (press release)

November 8, 2013

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce Only 28% of Americans have a favorable view of Mexico, according to a study released by American University. Given the deep ties between the U.S. and Mexican economies, and the increasingly significant stake Americans have in Mexico’s success, that’s scary.  Consider: Mexico buys more U.S. products than any country in […]

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ClimbTech To Relocate Manufacturing Of Newest Product From Asia To Austin … – Area Development Online

November 5, 2013

ClimbTech, an industry-leading manufacturer of climbing, fall protection and rope-access equipment, plans to move its manufacturing from Asia to Austin, Texas. The company introduced its stainless steel Legacy Bolt to companies that inspect, repair and maintain buildings and other concrete structures. In anticipation of that demand, ClimbTech said it doubled the size of its headquarters […]

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Little evidence of onshoring manufacturing boost – just-style.com

November 5, 2013

Onshoring or reshoring could give UK manufacturing a boost by relocating production of some goods from current low-cost locations overseas, according to a new report. The phenomenon, which is gaining currency in the US thanks in part to a large-scale plan by retailer Walmart to relocate large amounts of manufacturing back to the US, […]

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Podcast: the democratization of manufacturing – O’Reilly Radar

November 5, 2013

Manufacturing is hard, but it’s getting easier. In every stage of the manufacturing process–prototyping, small runs, large runs, marketing, fulfillment–cheap tools and service models have become available, dramatically decreasing the amount of capital required to start building something and the expense of revising and improving a product once it’s in production. In this episode of […]

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What Reshoring? It’s Rightshoring – PCBDesign007

November 5, 2013

Significant evidence suggests that the practice of “design in the U.S., manufacture in China” is no longer a foregone conclusion. A number of U.S. manufacturers, notably Apple, Electrolux, Lenovo, and NCR, are reversing this long-term trend by reshoring some supply chain, a more hybrid approach known as “rightshoring.” Harry Moser, founder of the not-for-profit Reshoring […]

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Why bring up Europe? It will be largely irrelevant five years from now – Telegraph.co.uk

November 4, 2013

There is therefore good reason to be suspicious of the CBI’s latest contribution to the debate over British membership of the European Union, which a survey of members has – surprise – found to be overwhelmingly the most effective way of maximising the benefits of global trade. I don’t necessarily disagree with the conclusion, timed […]

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Revival of manufacturing? – Waterbury Republican American (blog)

November 4, 2013

Every now and then, a scrap of good news slips through the gloom and doom. Most recently, it was the flurry of stories about onshoring — a trend in which some companies are bringing back jobs that had been sent overseas. This has been especially true of jobs sent to countries like India […]

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