Origin USA Founder Pete Roberts on Scaling Made in USA Denim in Maine
Origin USA employs more than 300 people in three factories in Maine and North Carolina. Founder Pete Roberts told Sourcing Journal how the brand learned to make jeans at scale…
Radius More Than Doubles Its Pennsylvania Workforce After Bringing Floss Production In-House
Toothbrush maker Radius has 57 employees in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, more than double the October 2024 count, after reshoring dental floss and adding floss picks. Its CEO says some rivals' USA…
Oregon’s Softstar Shoes Buys Colorado Maker SOM Footwear, Keeping Both Lines Made in USA
Softstar Shoes of Philomath, Oregon, which has handmade minimalist footwear in the USA since 1985, acquired Montrose, Colorado, maker Sense of Motion (SOM) Footwear and relaunched two styles.
Ford to Build a $30,000 Electric Pickup in Louisville With USA-Made LFP Batteries
Ford announced about $5 billion for its Louisville Assembly Plant and BlueOval Battery Park Michigan to build a midsize electric pickup targeted at about $30,000, with LFP batteries made in…
From Rust to Resilience: Why Reshoring Factories Is America’s Future
By Michelle Tan Once the roaring engine of American innovation, Detroit symbolized a golden age of industry. But as the decades passed and corporations moved production offshore, the U.S. industrial…
St. Louis Furniture Maker Says Insurance Fight Keeps It From Growing on USA Demand
Goebel Furniture says a storm-damaged roof and a lawsuit with its insurer forced it to turn down large contracts and lay off 75% of staff, at a time when tariffs…
Tariffs Could Raise USA Factory Costs Up to 4.5%, and a Montana Knife Maker Feels It
An Equitable Growth analysis found tariffs on imported inputs could raise most USA manufacturers' costs 2% to 4.5%. Montana Knife Co. faces a $77,250 tariff on a German grinder no…
White House Proclaims July 20–26, 2025, a Week for USA Manufacturing and Cites FTC Label Crackdown
A presidential proclamation signed July 25, 2025, named July 20–26 as “Made in America Week” and said the FTC was directed to crack down on false “Made in the U.S.A.”…
Mark Andol, Founder of a Store That Sold Only USA-Made Goods, Dies at 59
Mark Andol, who turned a welding shop hit by lost contracts into a Western New York store stocking about 15,000 products made in the USA, died July 15, 2025, at…
Inside Bath & Body Works’ Ohio Beauty Park, Where More Than 80% of Its Manufacturing Is USA-Based
Bath & Body Works has spent more than a decade reshoring production to its Beauty Park campus in central Ohio. CNBC reported more than 80% of its manufacturing is now…