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Solutions to Address Outsourcing by Multinationals & Rebuild American Manufacturing

By Michele Nash-Hoff

Michael Collins wrote, “Hope is not a plan” in his book Dismantling the American Dream, How Multinational Corporations Undermine American Prosperity. In other words, we cannot hope to rebuild American manufacturing without doing things differently than we’ve done in the past 30 years.  The industrial policies we have been following resulted in the decimation of the U.S. manufacturing base with the loss of over 70,000 manufacturing companies and 5.8 million manufacturing jobs.

How Multinational Corporations Undermine American Prosperity

By Michele Nash-Hoff

Long-time American manufacturing advocate, Michael Collins, added to his extensive body of work with a 4th book, Dismantling the American Dream: How Multinational Corporations Undermine American Prosperity  Michael had a 35-year career in manufacturing before retiring and uses his experience to write a book he describes as “a concise story that tells what America's multinationals did to the U.S. economy and how they did it.”

How to Buy More Made in USA Products

By Michele Nash-Hoff

More than 70% (72%) of American consumers prefer American-made products and nearly half (48%) say they’d be willing to pay around 10–20% more. An exclusive poll about buy-American shopping preferences from Retail Brew and The Harris Poll was conducted among a nationally representative sample of 1,986 US adults from July 22–24, 2022.

The State of Lean Manufacturing

By Michele Nash-Hoff

Industry Reimagined 2030 was founded in January 2022 with the vision of U.S. manufacturing becoming revitalized, globally competitive, and advancing societal interests. Our transformative mission is to achieve a sea-change in the national narrative from a prevailing worldview of U.S. industry in ‘inevitable decline’ to one of ‘vibrant opportunity.’

By 2030, we will bring about through collaboration and scaling the following:

Action on China or Yet Another Charade by Congress?

By Michele Nash-Hoff

On January 10, 2023, the House voted to pass a resolution “to create a select committee focused on U.S. competition with China, fulfilling a campaign promise Republicans made in the lead-up to the 2022 midterm elections.”

2023 Offers Vibrant Opportunities for American Manufacturing

By Michele Nash-Hoff

While some industry leaders are predicting continued supply chain disruptions and even an economic recession, I believe that American manufacturers are poised to enjoy vibrant opportunities in 2023 after nearly three years of economic turmoil and supply chain disruptions.

3D Printing Provides Vibrant Opportunities for American Manufacturing

By Michele Nash-Hoff

The 3D printing industry has experienced consistent and stable growth over the past decade, disrupting multiple industries. 3D printing and other additive manufacturing processes have made huge advancements in technology over the last several years and are playing a key role in reshoring mass production for companies in the USA. Constant improvements to materials and processes in 3D printing are being developed nearly on a daily basis.

 

Among the many benefits that 3D printing can offer are:

 

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