Perhaps you saw CBS 60 Minutes last Sunday (March 1) showing a story about some Lumber Liquidators laminated flooring and how it badly violates California formaldehyde emission standards. The CEO of Lumber Liquidators vowed that he would be immediately on the case to verify CBS’s findings or to debunk them. Regardless of the outcome, Lumber… Read More »
I would like to recommend a group to you. It’s www.reshorenow.org This group was founded in 2010 by Harry Moser, former chairman of Agie-Charmilles, and is dedicated to assisting companies to reshore their manufacturing back to the US. Their Facebook page carries links to current articles: https://www.facebook.com/ReshoreNow. I suggest that you like it. They… Read More »
If this is an accurate assessment of Walmart’s position, it is good news indeed. Great big box store listening to my wife and others who refuse to buy things made in China. Reshore. Live Better? By now, you’re probably aware of Walmart’s 10-year, $250 billion pledge to source American-made goods for its U.S. stores. The… Read More »
Help bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States by getting involved with the Reshoring Initiative. Sandy Montalbano Director of Media By way of the LinkedIn USA Manufacturers Group. Check out the fifteen Reshoring presentations coming up in the next 4 months. Includes events in ON, IL, PA, NH, KY, WI, SC, CA, NY, TX…. Read More »
Attention all US Manufacturers: Lets have a “Fair Fight” shall we? It’s one thing to compete with countries that have lower labor costs. It’s another thing to compete with countries that purposely keep their currency undervalued to maintain their growth and keep their economy going. Let’s do something about it by calling your local and… Read More »
Want to share this very hopeful link from Atlantic Magazine http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/12/the-insourcing-boom/309166/?goback=.gde_4623301_member_195168560 This article was also circulated by the Smaller Manufacturer’s Association of Connecticut on their LinkedIn page
We have just completed an interesting sale in which a machine was sold from a foreign company and delivered to a different foreign country. We have done plenty of imports or exports, but never a transaction that did not have the USA at one end or another. In this case we sold a high tech… Read More »
Thought it might be interesting to some of you that Surplus Asset Management, better known as GreasyMachines.com is arranging the sale of a sophisticated T-shirt printer located in the suburbs of Paris, France. What makes it more unique is that the buyer is in Durban, South Africa. All arrangements have been initiated through the internet…. Read More »