Since then, Startup Box has completed projects for the likes of Nickelodeon, the mobile gaming studio TreSensa, and, most recently, Gust, the company behind digital.nyc, New York City’s new online hub for tech companies. In each case, the company has drawn testers from the Bronx, and the only requirement, Chase says, is that you’re “not […]
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WILKES-BARRE — Harry Moser recalled his upbringing in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Among the sights when he was a child was the Singer Sewing Machine company’s factory. That building has since vanished, part of a trend that Moser looks to combat nationwide and in Pennsylvania to bring back jobs. “Everything is made outside of the United […]
The vibrancy at the recently held IMTS trade show underscored the current strength of U.S. manufacturing. Credit: IMTS Many would point out that the United States is in a renaissance in manufacturing, as the movement to drive offshore production back to America continues. Reshoring, the effort by domestic companies to move manufacturing stateside from overseas, is […]
Carter and Chase call it “urban onshoring,” a way of tackling the area’s massive unemployment problem, while simultaneously giving the tech startups down in Manhattan an alternative to the inefficient and often low-quality testing services they find …
Majora Carter, the founder of Startup Box, a company that’s bringing tech jobs to the South Bronx. Dina Litovsky Dina Litovsky From left to right, Startup Box employees Jermaine Rampersant, Leon Sterling, Kevin Gumbs. Dina Litovsky Dina Litovsky Lancelot Chase, a former professional gamer and current CTO of Startup Box. Dina Litovsky Dina Litovsky Startup […]
WASHINGTON: Corporate America’s love affair with China has cooled for lots of reasons, from the slowdown in the Chinese economy to the flurry of crack-downs targeting Western multinationals.A lawsuit filed in federal court in Arkansas presents another example of why US companies may reconsider plans to move production to China: getting out of […]
Manufacturers Resource Center will host a free presentation from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday by the founder of an initiative working to keep Pennsylvania producers in the state. The event will be held at MRC’s offices, 961 Marcon Blvd. in Hanover Township, Lehigh County. Harry Moser, who started the nationwide Reshoring Initiative, advocates a business […]
David Lippert and Timothy Hutzel’s keynote speech at the 2014 Assembly Show talked about reshoring and revitalizing the American manufacturing industry. David Lippert, the President of Hamilton Caster, opened the 2014 Assembly Show keynote speech with an unconventional demonstration: He told the audience to […]
Dalen Products Inc., which makes gardening products for Walmart and other national retailers, is moving production of a plastic owl from China back to its Knoxville facility. Since 1997, Dalen has been making a rotating-head owl garden “scarecrow” in China where labor costs are cheaper, said Neal Caldwell, the company’s founder. But Walmart, which sells […]
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Oct. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — An expert panel will address U.S. manufacturing production and the new driving forces of American manufacturing at a Nov. 4 event at the W Hotel in Westwood, California. “Make it in America: The Resurgence of U.S. Manufacturing” features industry leaders from Corridor Capital, Oaktree Capital, the National […]
