The Reshoring Initiative has announced that U.S. Bank Equipment Finance renewed its sponsorship to support the Initiative’s goal of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States. “We are delighted that U.S. Bank Equipment Finance, a financial leader in the manufacturing arena, has decided to renew its sponsorship to help the Initiative […]
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A.T. Kearney: Economic Data Does Not Support The Manufacturing Reshoring Story; Offshore Outsourcing Is Still Outpacing Reshoring By Richard A. McCormack richard@manufacturingnews.com An A.T. Kearney analysis of the manufacturing reshoring trend, which finds that it’s “not what it’s cracked up to be,” is flawed, argues the Reshoring Initiative, the association created to monitor and encourage […]
opinion By Vanessa Burger 2014 in South Africa was marked by a number of large-scale national scandals. Far more insidious, however, are the small, subtle, everyday distortions or omissions of truth which have become pervasive in our political discourse. These distortions, championed by politicians, characterize the public, the media, NGOs and academia. 2014 was not […]
Wikimedia CommonsA RockTenn manufacturing plant. See Also Have we been letting a good story get in the way of the facts? The “manufacturing renaissance” has been the central point in the return of America’s industrial power. It even has its own national council. Yet here are the facts: the United States may have […]
That’s why I was surprised when reading the article, “Study: Impact of manufacturing reshoring ‘less than hype’ indicates,” in Plastics News. The study cited in the article notes that, while U.S. manufacturing production grew 6 percent from 2009 …
An A.T. Kearney analysis of the manufacturing reshoring trend, which finds that it’s “not what it’s cracked up to be,” is flawed, argues the Reshoring Initiative, the association created to monitor and encourage the return of manufacturing to America.
Panasonic Corp plans to transfer most of its domestic appliance production in China back to Japan starting in the spring, a response to the weaker yen and a jump in labour costs in China. It is one of several Japan-based companies making such a move. Panasonic President Kazuhiro Tsuga said in an interview on Tuesday, […]
Jan. 01–The number of companies bringing manufacturing operations back to the United States continues to increase, but a recent study found the pace is slowing and the economic impact of those reshoring initiatives is relatively small — especially compared to the headlines it has generated. “I think there is still a lot of activity […]
The UpTake: This startup’s robotic sewing technology could be the best hope for onshoring apparel manufacturing. A n Atlanta startup is using advanced manufacturing technologies to help bring apparel manufacturing back to the United States. SoftWear Automation Inc. has developed robotic sewing technologies to automate apparel manufacturing. Rather than develop custom hardware, SoftWear uses off-the-shelf […]
<!– –> <!– –> December 30, 2014 Secure Supply Chain Key to Sustainable Manufacturing click to enlarge A reliable, secure supply chain for minerals and metals is vital to keeping US manufacturing competitive and sustainable, write the National Mining Association’s Hal Quinn and the Reshoring Initiative’s Harry Moser in an article on Material Handling & […]
