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Contract Manufacturing Continues to Grow While Manufacturing Business Steadies
2012 Design-2-Part Survey Reveals Outsourcing Trends As American manufacturing appears to have steadied from a growth spurt seen in 2011, contract manufacturing continues a two-year trend of positive growth.
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Tagged Contract Manufacturing, Economy, Manufacturing, outsourcing, supply chain
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Manufacturing Jobs: What Will it Take to Bring Them Back?
By: Marc Tucker, Education Week The good news from the campaign trail is that both President Obama and Mitt Romney want to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States. The bad news is that the low-skill, high-pay jobs we … Continue reading
Can the U.S. Handle a Manufacturing Comeback?
By: Emily Jane Fox, CNNMoney For years, U.S. manufacturers worried about business being sent overseas. Now, as signs point to a resurgence of American-made goods, a new fear is emerging: that there won’t be enough skilled workers to keep up … Continue reading
Manufacturing Needs a Strategy — But Which One?
By: Stephen Gold, Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation Blueprints abound for reinvigorating U.S. manufacturing, but so far policymakers have shown little inclination to act on them. For those not keeping track, more than a half-dozen “manufacturing strategies” have been … Continue reading
Manufacturers: Regulations Are Harming Job Growth
By: National Association of Manufacturers The NAM Supports Regulatory Reforms to Reduce Red Tape and Improve Competitiveness National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Vice President of Legal, Infrastructure and Regulatory Policy Rosario Palmieri issued this statement on the regulatory-reduction measures the … Continue reading
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Tagged Jobs, legislation, Manufacturing, National Association of Manufactuers
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US Factory Production Rose in June
By: FoxNews.com, Associated Press WASHINGTON – U.S. industrial production rose in June as factories made more cars, machines and business equipment, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday. Factory output recovered to levels reached earlier this spring but appears to be leveling … Continue reading
Manufacturing High on Voters’ Minds
By: Steve Bennish, Dayton Daily News A new national public opinion poll puts the presidential election fight in Ohio in perspective with results showing that voters see creating jobs in manufacturing as critical to rebuild the economy.
Some Companies Opt to Bring Manufacturing Back to U.S.
By: James R. Hagerty, The Wall Street Journal About 14% of U.S. companies surveyed by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor definitely plan to move some of their manufacturing back home—the latest sign of growing interest among executives in a … Continue reading
Can Obama Save U.S. Manufacturing?
By: Zachary A. Goldfarb, Washington Post As he campaigns for reelection, President Obama has embraced soaring political rhetoric, pledging to harness the ingenuity of America “to bring manufacturing back.” In beat-up factory towns across the land, he has promoted a … Continue reading
83% of U.S. Voters Negatively View Corporations that Outsource to China
By: Tula Connell, AFL-CIO U.S. voters across the political spectrum overwhelming have negative views of companies that outsource jobs to China and strongly support Buy America provisions, according to a poll released today by the Alliance for American Manufacturing. Voters … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, outsourcing
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