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Clothing startups are bringing some jobs back home

by Molly Wood
Mar 22, 2016
CEOs of high-tech garment companies want to build a future using U.S. factories.
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Jet engine finally meets a moving assembly line

by Marketplace Contributor
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
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Depressing durable goods don't spell doom

by Sabri Ben-Achour
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
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Legacy equipment still hinders digital manufacturing

by Marketplace Contributor
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
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My Economy: What full employment actually looks like

by Kai Ryssdal , Tommy Andres and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 5, 2015
Manufacturing in Alabama and hopes for the future.
Tommy Andres
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Frustrations mark run for U.S.-made soldiers' sneakers

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 16, 2015
New Balance says DOD put up roadblocks as it tried to make shoes for soldiers.
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Africa starts to lure garment makers from Asia

by Adam Allington
Jul 14, 2015
The apparel industry is looking to Africa as its next manufacturing base.
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The trade deficit has widened to $41.9 billion

by Tracey Samuelson
Jul 7, 2015
America tends to import more as the economy gets stronger.
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GE to sell most of its lending business

by Tracey Samuelson
Apr 10, 2015
The company is returning to its manufacturing roots.
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I've Always Wondered ...

Why are razor blades so expensive?

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