The Top Five Manufacturing News Stories of 2024
As we prepare for 2025, Alliance for American Manufacturing staff takes a look at this year's top manufacturing news stories that are likely to shape the months ahead. Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Im...
12 Dec 202418min
The Stories Behind the Made in America Holiday Gift Guide
The 2024 Made in America Holiday Gift Guide is out, featuring 112 amazing companies that make products in the United States. We chatted with the teams behind three brands included this year -- Wies Ma...
1 Dec 202443min
Master Lock's 2024 Factory Closure in Wisconsin Shows How NAFTA is Still Betraying American Workers
New York Times Magazine Contributing Writer Dan Kaufman discusses his recent examination of NAFTA's role in changing American politics through the lens of the Master Lock factory in Milwaukee, Wis. P...
15 Nov 202444min
Whether It's High Fashion or Military Uniforms, Ferrara Manufacturing Makes It in the USA
When husband and wife Carolyn and Joseph Ferrara launched Ferrara Manufacturing in 1987, they set out to make the best womenswear in the business, all from their New York City's Garment District facto...
3 Nov 202433min
American Giant CEO Bayard Winthrop and USTR Katherine Tai Talk Building an American Supply Chain
American Giant CEO Bayard Winthrop and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai discuss rebuilding a fully American-made apparel supply chain, from cotton fields to finished garments. They h...
19 Okt 202439min
The Great Outdoors Are Calling. This Made in USA Truck Camper Will Take You There to Answer It.
When one Portland dad couldn't find a high-quality truck camper for family adventures, he decided to build his own. Peter Williams, co-founder and president of Super Pacific, shares what his company's...
3 Okt 202444min
How a Failed Cocktail Shaker Inspired Two Diplomats to Launch an American-Made Barware Business
In 2020, U.S. diplomats Kris Forrest and Rebecca Beardsley hosted a cocktail party, but their shaker just wasn’t up to snuff. So they decided to make their own. Forty cold calls to American steel fabr...
20 Sep 202441min
Why This Yale Law School Grad Went to Trade School and Wants Others to Do the Same
While studying at Yale Law School, Darnell Epps heard that U.S. manufacturers were grappling with a labor shortage, and he was baffled that tens of thousands of valuable community-supporting jobs were...
9 Sep 202434min
