May 15, 2013
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Emily McMackin
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A Shot of Optimism: Production Worker Confidence Hits a New High

Manufacturing: Component parts manufacturing worker

Worker confidence in the manufacturing industry has peaked for the first time in four years. Reshoring and the increasingly innovative culture among manufacturers are two key factors driving this optimism.

May 8, 2013
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Emily McMackin
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Brand Recognition: Made in America Label Builds Value, Manufacturers Take Notice

Manufacturing: Cast iron cookware

As consumer demand for Made in America products grow, more manufacturers with overseas operations are finding it beneficial to bring production back home.

Mar 13, 2013
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Emily McMackin
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Reshoring Rhetoric: Industry Leaders Explore the Benefits, Challenges

Manufacturing: Worker welding rifle parts

Industry leaders gather to discuss the future of reshoring and what it will take to persuade more manufacturers to bring production back to the U.S.

Feb 27, 2013
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Emily McMackin
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Reshoring Wave Hits a Peak As More Production Shifts to U.S.

Manufacturing: Firearms rifle welder

Reshoring is picking up momentum as more U.S. manufacturers announce plans to bring some or all of their overseas production back home.

Oct 31, 2012
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Emily McMackin
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Invigorating Manufacturing: Partnerships Are Key Drawing Cards for Communities

Plastics manufacturing plant

As manufacturing becomes more high-tech and global, companies are looking to locate and expand in communities with well-connected networks of talent.

Oct 22, 2012
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Bill McMeekin
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Transportation: Supply Chain and Manufacturing Competitiveness

Transportation and logistics assets are becoming an increasingly more important component of manufacturing site decisions.

The positive traction around manufacturing includes the addition of 500,000 factory jobs in the last two years, about 50,000 of them from reshored manufacturing that had been outsourced to lower-wage Asian markets, especially China.

Oct 3, 2012
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Bill McMeekin
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Reshoring: How Economic Development Professionals Can Leverage the Opportunities

Manufacturing: Component parts manufacturing worker

A range of experts – from the National Association of Manufacturers to academic researchers to government policymakers – are cautiously upbeat on the prospects for U.S. manufacturing, aided in part by forces that are making it more advantageous to bring production back to the United States that had been sourced in China and Asian markets.