manufacturing

Plastic prices are rising as war in the Middle East constrains supply chains and global petrochemical markets.

Alex Goulet spoke about what went into compiling the book “Crafted With Pride,” a consumer guide for American-made apparel.

Warehousing use contracted in November for the first time in the Logistics Manager’s Index 9-year history.

Industrial activity was down 0.1% in October and up 0.2% in November, according to the Federal Reserve.

A wood manufacturing company in the forests of northern Michigan is hiring people right out of rehab and running a sober house for employees in addiction recovery.  

Rockwell Automation recently announced the construction of a new factory in Wisconsin, while some other manufacturers are hesitant to build new facilities amid uncertainty.

Having a trade deficit isn’t actually that major of a problem, the economists argue.

“In the last six months, the tariff rate on products like we make in Cambodia coming into the U.S. has gone from 0% to 49% to 10% to 36% to 19%,” said Ben Knepler of True Places.

As China has begun to impose restrictions on rare earths, a one-year pause not withstanding, the U.S. is racing to build up its own supply chain.

“The economy broadly is still going OK, but we are struggling with the cost of goods,” said Rob Lehmann of Fair Wind Fasteners.