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For the CHIPS Act to work, stop bashing China

March 17, 2023

The bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 had a worthy goal: to revitalize domestic high-tech manufacturing by providing financial aid to the world’s best chip makers. The original emphasis was thus on reshoring and bolstering America’s supply chains. As the use of the past tense suggests, the implementation stage is off to a very […]

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Move Over China, Here Comes America and Mexico

March 17, 2023

Manufacturing wages are increasing in China, alongside the intensity of the U.S.-China rivalry. This new problem for Beijing could prove a blessing for the United States and Mexico, especially given Washington’s recent drive to re- and ally-shore manufacting and industry. Perhaps it is time to ask: can these two economies be taken to the next […]

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Industrial Real Estate Market’s New Demand Driver Changing Space Requirements

March 16, 2023

Industrial became the belle of the commercial real estate ball after the pandemic supercharged e-commerce demand and led Amazon to accelerate its already-voracious warehouse expansion. But that party couldn’t last forever.  Unsplash/Josh Beech “That was a one-time event. That’s like laying down the railway tracks for the rest of time because you’re building an infrastructure for transportation to […]

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The reshoring of American solar manufacturing has begun

March 16, 2023

The vision and goal of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is that by end of this decade, the U.S. will be the most competitive and collaborative solar and energy storage industry in the world, and that will be accomplished with a workforce made up of American workers and its allies. In the white paper, […]

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Manufacturing Repatriation: How HPC-Class Technologies from Microsoft Azure and AMD Support Manufacturers’ Reshoring Strategies

March 15, 2023

[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE]  Geopolitical change is having tectonic impact on the global manufacturing industry. In the U.S., western Europe and other industrialized countries, there is growing emphasis on “manufacturing repatriation,” or reshoring. With this comes the need for new strategies leveraging data analytics, machine learning, robotics and advanced design simulation enabled by HPC-class compute power […]

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We’re Finally Reshoring Manufacturing and They’re Already Taking the Jobs Away From Americans | Opinion

March 15, 2023

We’re in a boom time for reshoring manufacturing—at least to hear our politicians talk about it. President Biden’s State of the Union address sounded similar notes to President Trump, with a big focus on “Made in America” and bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. One of the administration’s signature achievements on this front was the […]

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The economic and environmental case for greenshoring

March 14, 2023

The economic and environmental case for greenshoring Credit: Adobe Katherine Bennett CBE, CEO | High Value Manufacturing Catapult @Westminstrwings 4 min read14 MarchPartner content Bringing our supply chain closer to home can provide an economic and environmental boost for the UK. The UK is the ninth biggest manufacturing economy in the world, accounting for £183bn […]

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How much of phone cost is in the chips

March 9, 2023

The new law includes $39 billion in manufacturing incentives to offset some of the higher costs, according to the White House. Another $13.2 billion was allocated for research and development and workforce development. The law provides a 25% investment tax credit for capital expenses for manufacturing of semiconductors and related equipment. Apple already designs products and […]

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Returning solar panel production to US eases climate change

March 9, 2023

By Domestic production of solar panels – most of which are now made in Asia – can speed up decarbonization in the U.S. and reduce climate change faster, according to new Cornell Engineering research published March 8 by Nature Communications. “If we bring the solar panel manufacturing back to the U.S., it helps us realize […]

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How Digital Manufacturing Drives Reshoring

March 8, 2023

The United States has lately doubled down on trade embargos and legislation aimed at reshoring tech manufacturing from overseas. But as far back as 2013, an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider envisioned another way to reshore: a cloud-based manufacturing platform that delivers product designs directly to more than 100 Americas-based factories. MacroFab’s Misha Govshteyn “The […]

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