Manufacture This

The blog of the Alliance for American Manufacturing

Must Reads

Mar 18 2024
Trade By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

Temu and Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS Land at the Bottom of This Year’s Fashion Accountability Report

Both companies earned 0 out of 150 points in Remake’s annual report, which scored 52 leading fashion brands on the progress they’ve made in key areas. But even brands that scored the highest have a long way to go.

Mar 15 2024
Made in America

Get Ready for the Upcoming Solar Eclipse with Made in USA Glasses

Mar 15 2024
Trade with China

The IRA Re-energized the U.S. Solar Industry, But Cheap Imports Could Shut It Down Again

Mar 13 2024
Trade with China

AAM’s Advice on Chinese Auto Imports: Get Ahead of the Game

The Build Back Better Blueprint

Dec 18 2020

Steel Overcapacity: Trump Performed Triage. Can Biden Heal the Wound?

America’s steel industry is vital to our national security and critical infrastructure. But it remains threatened by global overcapacity, and COVID-19 has only made things worse.

Dec 17 2020
The Build Back Better Blueprint

The United States Can’t Build Back Better Without Investing in American Workers

Dec 16 2020
The Build Back Better Blueprint

What Do Black Factory Workers Want from the Incoming Biden Administration?

Dec 15 2020
The Build Back Better Blueprint

Renewed Interest in Made in America Was a Boon to Small Manufacturers During COVID-19. But Will It Continue?

Made in America

Mar 15 2024
Made in America By Jeffrey Bonior

Get Ready for the Upcoming Solar Eclipse with Made in USA Glasses

Tennessee’s American Paper Optics makes the solar eclipse glasses used by NASA – and you can get a pair of your own, too.

Mar 01 2024
Made in America

Made in KC Sandlot Goods Sees a Boost Thanks to the Super Bowl — and Taylor Swift

Feb 23 2024
Made in America

Whimsical itsahook is Designed in Brooklyn and Made in Wisconsin

Feb 20 2024
Made in America

Join Us in Cleveland at the Premiere of the New Documentary Film “Relighting the Flame”

Trade

Mar 18 2024
Trade By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

Temu and Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS Land at the Bottom of This Year’s Fashion Accountability Report

Both companies earned 0 out of 150 points in Remake’s annual report, which scored 52 leading fashion brands on the progress they’ve made in key areas. But even brands that scored the highest have a long way to go.

Mar 06 2024
Trade

New Coalition Aims to Close Trade Loophole Exploited by SHEIN and Temu

Feb 08 2024
Trade

Mexico Supplants China as America’s Top Source of Imports, But the “World’s Factory” is Opening New Back Doors

Feb 05 2024
Trade

Solar Panels Made with Forced Labor in China are Entering the U.S. Via India, Bloomberg Reports

Buy America

Mar 12 2024
Buy America By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

How Does This Whole Kate Middleton Controversy Tie Into American Manufacturing?

Well, it doesn’t. But there’s a new EV charger factory coming to Maryland thanks to Buy America preferences, so I guess I’ll blog about that instead.

Mar 08 2024
Buy America

A Big Day for Buy America

Feb 15 2024
Buy America

Buy America is Surprisingly Popular Among the Witnesses at a House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee Hearing

Feb 14 2024
Buy America

It’s Time to Fully Implement Build America, Buy America

Workforce

Mar 27 2023
Workforce By Jeffrey Bonior

Filmmaking Competition Aims to Get Young People Interested in Manufacturing Careers

The “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing” contest in Pennsylvania asks middle schoolers to make videos that promote manufacturing as a career pathway.

Jan 21 2022
Workforce

Closing the Factory Floor Gender Gap

Oct 07 2021
Workforce

Democrats Discover Where They’ve Lost Voters: In Factory Towns

Oct 06 2021
Workforce

How Can Manufacturers Recruit More Women?

National Security

Feb 07 2024
National Security By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

Proposed Rule Aims to Close a Glaring Gap in Freight Rail Security

The SAFE Trains Act, which passed as part of the infrastructure package in 2021, seeks to support Made in America freight rail — and limit influence of countries of concern, i.e. China.

Jan 10 2024
National Security

Yet Another Report Finds that the U.S. Defense Industrial Base is in Real Bad Shape

Dec 11 2023
National Security

Proposed Rule Aims to Make Sure Freight Rail Cars Aren’t Made in China

Dec 04 2023
National Security

A Draft of the National Defense Industrial Strategy Leaked, and There’s Reason to Worry

Infrastructure

May 17 2023
Infrastructure By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

The Biden Administration Just Unveiled “Buy Clean” Guidelines. Here’s What You Need to Know

Buy Clean is designed to incentivize cleaner steel production. The pilot requirements issued on Tuesday afternoon are a step forward.

May 15 2023
Infrastructure

It’s Infrastructure Week Again — No Joke

Apr 14 2023
Infrastructure

Rejoice, Washington Area Residents: The 14th Street Bridge Is Getting Repaired

Apr 06 2023
 

Build America Is an Integral Part of America’s Infrastructure and Clean Energy Goals

Jobs

Feb 28 2024
Jobs By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

“Relighting the Flame” Premieres in Cleveland

Don’t worry if you didn’t make it to the Capitol Theatre! The film is available to stream for free now.

Feb 02 2024
Jobs

Factories See More Job Gains in January Than in All of 2023

Dec 29 2023
Jobs

Top Manufacturing News Stories of 2023: Autoworkers Strike, and Set the Tone for the Clean Energy Transition

Nov 05 2023
Jobs

The Autoworkers Struck with an Eye on a Just Energy Transition