American Manufacturing

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, has announced plans to bring a quarter million jobs from China back to the United States. Company executives said they’ve allocated the a jaw-dropping $250 billion for made-in-American products, and this latest push to reshore … Read More

Manufacturing in the United States has increased for the first time in more than six months, according to a recent report. This trend signals a positive turnaround, as more and more manufacturing companies are “reshorting” jobs back from overseas back … Read More

American automaker General Motors (GM) has announced plans to invest approximately $5.4 billion over the next three weeks to improve and modernize its onshore factories. This plan is part of a broader effort by the centuries-old automaker to secure more … Read More

Senators Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Chris Coons of Delaware has kicked off the Manufacturing Jobs for America campaign. As the name suggests, this campaign is intended to draw attention to our nation’s manufacturing industry, encouraging employers “reshore” their jobs … Read More

It wasn’t long ago when 90% of the retail products you would find at the store were made overseas.  Of course, there was good reason for this: manufacturing products overseas was cheaper than manufacturing them here in the United States, … Read More

President Barack Obama announced earlier this month a half-a-billion-dollar investment to strengthen the American manufacturing industry. Specifically, the investment will focus on a new textiles-focused institute managed by the Department of Defense (DOD). While details of this initiative remain unknown … Read More

The crazy ant (Nylanderia fulva) is an invasive new species of insecticide-resistant ants with an attraction for electronics. While fire ants are troublesome enough, crazy ants really seem to have ecologist and environmental researchers worried. The Discovery of The Crazy … Read More