MADE IN USA NEWS
Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. John Larson said cuts to the Commerce Department's Manufacturing Extension Partnership will hurt small USA manufacturers. MEP centers in 10 states had closed.
Former workers told Reuters Louis Vuitton's Alvarado, Texas workshop, opened with Trump in 2019, wasted up to 40% of leather and employed fewer than 300 people instead of the 1,000…
The Small Business Administration said it will cut $100 billion in regulations, open a Red Tape Hotline and widen 504 and 7(a) loan access for small manufacturers.
Toy and school supply maker Cra-Z-Art plans to grow its USA manufacturing space by 50% to 1.5 million square feet and has shipped molds from China to its Florida plant.
Family-owned Ferrara Manufacturing makes Ralph Lauren jackets, Olympic outfits and military gear in Long Island City, New York. It has 115 workers and room for 350.
Fort Worth, Texas family business Bison Coolers, which makes hard and soft coolers in the USA, was featured in Google's "50 States, 50 Stories" Super Bowl ad campaign.
Japan's Nissei Plastic Industrial expanded its San Antonio, Texas plant so it can build injection molding machines with up to 3,000 tons of clamping force, positioning its Made in USA…
BD said new lines will raise its USA output of conventional syringes by more than 50% and safety injection devices by more than 40%. It hired more than 215 workers…
Steubenville, Ohio's Bully Tools, legally named 100 Percent Made in the USA Bully Tools, makes 140 products with about 70 workers and plans an 80% expansion when conditions allow.
Silfab Solar will supply Nexamp with commercial panels made in the USA using cells from its South Carolina plant, with the first 125 megawatts shipping in late Q2 2025.