Ford to Export USA-Built F-150 Raptor From Dearborn to China
The Raptor became the first version of the F-150 offered in China, built at Ford’s Dearborn Truck Plant in Michigan.
Stimulus-Funded Railcars Fall Years Behind Over USA-Made Requirements
A $352 million order for 130 cars, required to be built in the USA with domestic parts, risked missing a 2017 federal funding deadline.
Buffalo Tablet Maker BAK USA Grows After Microsoft Deal, Finds USA Assembly Costs Less Than Expected
BAK USA said assembling tablets in Buffalo cost less than 5% more than in China, well under the 20% it had expected.
PolitiFact Finds No TV Sets Labeled Made in USA
A March 2016 PolitiFact review found no televisions sold with a Made in USA label; a few companies only assembled sets in the USA from imported parts.
Marriott to Put USA-Made Towels in Nearly 3,000 U.S. Hotels, Creating 150 Jobs
Standard Textile will make the towels and bath mats in Georgia and South Carolina from U.S.-grown cotton, replacing towels made in Jordan.
American Woolen’s Connecticut Mill Becomes the Only USA Supplier of Camelhair and Cashmere Fabrics
The Stafford, Connecticut, mill began producing camelhair and cashmere fabric in late 2015 and grew to 41 workers, all formerly of the Warren mill.
Homer Laughlin Dinnerware Earns Independent Made in USA Certification
An outside CPA firm verified that Homer Laughlin’s full dinnerware line has more than 90% U.S. content under the Made in USA Brand certification program.
Wisconsin Contractor Novum Structures to Plead Guilty, Pay $3 Million for Passing Off Foreign Materials as USA-Made
Novum Structures admitted repackaging materials and falsifying documents to hide foreign content on federally funded projects that required USA-made materials.
Colorado’s Natural Soda Plans to Double Output as Exports of USA-Made Baking Soda Grow
The Rio Blanco County plant, which ships to about 20 countries, planned to double capacity to 500,000 tons a year and become the world’s largest single-site sodium bicarbonate producer.
HondaJet Wins FAA Certification, Clearing Full Production at Honda’s North Carolina Plant
Honda Aircraft Co.’s HA-420 business jet, built at its Greensboro headquarters and plant, received FAA type certification on Dec. 8, 2015.