Clothing startups are bringing some jobs back home

Mar 22, 2016
CEOs of high-tech garment companies want to build a future using U.S. factories.

Jet engine finally meets a moving assembly line

Feb 2, 2016
Jet engines weren't built like cars before because they were a low volume business
Jet engines, suspended from a track on the ceiling, are moved down the assembly line. 
Courtesy, Pratt & Whitney

Depressing durable goods don't spell doom

Jan 28, 2016
While manufacturing is slowing, the services side of the U.S. economy is vibrant.
A shopper looks around at Ikea.  
JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images

Legacy equipment still hinders digital manufacturing

Jan 28, 2016
Most small manufacturers are running older, pre-Internet equipment.
Mathias Ellegiers is head of Jaswig, an Akron, Ohio start-up that sells adjustable stand-up desks.  He’s using digital manufacturing to produce small batches of desks close to where they’re sold.
Jeff St. Clair

My Economy: What full employment actually looks like

Manufacturing in Alabama and hopes for the future.
Tommy Andres

Frustrations mark run for U.S.-made soldiers' sneakers

Sep 16, 2015
New Balance says DOD put up roadblocks as it tried to make shoes for soldiers.

Africa starts to lure garment makers from Asia

Jul 14, 2015
The apparel industry is looking to Africa as its next manufacturing base.

For public good, not for profit.

The trade deficit has widened to $41.9 billion

Jul 7, 2015
America tends to import more as the economy gets stronger.

GE to sell most of its lending business

Apr 10, 2015
The company is returning to its manufacturing roots.

Why are razor blades so expensive?

Mar 16, 2015
They're just strips of metal set in plastic, right?