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Why, and How, Hardinge is Reshoring Machine Tool Production
Made in the USA - April 11, 2023 09:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsAfter hearing that Hardinge had shifted the manufacturing of its milling and turning product lines from its Taiwan plant to its plant in Elmira, New York, we traveled to Hardinge’s Elmira production facility and witnessed Taiwanese Hardinge employees teaching American employees how to build new ...
A Motorcycle Supply Chain in Amish Country
Made in the USA - March 28, 2023 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsMost of the parts that go into Janus motorcycles come from suppliers located within just a few miles of Janus headquarters in Goshen, Indiana. Several of these suppliers are Amish, and several others have ties to the RV industry that dominates employment throughout the region. One critical compo...
A Measured Approach
Made in the USA - March 07, 2023 07:35 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThe L.S. Starrett Co. has been manufacturing precision measurement tools in Athol, Massachusetts, since 1880. Attention to U.S. manufacturing often focuses on reshoring manufacturing from other countries, but Starrett never left. The facility in Athol employs hundreds and produces thousands of t...
The Robots Come Home
Made in the USA - February 21, 2023 09:45 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsProductive Robotics is an American manufacturer of collaborative robots that spun off of a printing company called ZBE. But whereas ZBE — one of the premier manufacturers of digital photo printers in the world — offshored production of its machines to China, the goal of Productive Robotics was t...
"Man, No Smoke!"
Made in the USA - February 07, 2023 09:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsWhen Puneet and Neelam Neotia moved from India to the United States several years ago, they brought with them a family background in manufacturing and CNC machining. Now the couple is working to get their startup machine shop off the ground, sourcing new customers and getting the word out about ...
A Return From China
Made in the USA - January 24, 2023 09:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsEntrepreneur Scott Colosimo found early success in China producing parts for his Cleveland-based motorcycle company in the mid-2000s. The events that led Colosimo and his team to start over from scratch — and move production back to the United States.
Season 2 Trailer
Made in the USA - January 19, 2023 07:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsComing this Tuesday, January 24, a new season of "Made in the USA" that explores a deceptively simple question: What are the intentional choices that American machine shops and machine tool builders make in order to keep production in — or move production back to — the United States? Over the pa...
Episode 6: The Way Forward
Made in the USA - May 27, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsSo far, Made in the USA has looked into system-wide effects of broken supply chains, automation, skilled workforce issues, and our perception of manufacturing jobs — all through a prism of individual experiences. Let’s look at one more system-wide question this way: Is there today, a new dawn, a...
Episode 5: Succession - A Family Machine Shop Story
Made in the USA - May 11, 2021 08:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThe remarkable story of Geno and David Devandry — a father and son who pushed beyond their differences for the greater good of the family machine shop.
Episode 4: Making the Case for Manufacturing
Made in the USA - April 27, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThis episode investigates conflicts that exist within the majority of Americans who want to "bring manufacturing back" but do not want their children to work in manufacturing because of outdated beliefs about what a machine shop looks like.
Episode 3: The Supply Chain Knot
Made in the USA - April 13, 2021 07:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThrough interviews with manufacturing leaders and economists, this episode explores the benefits and challenges of keeping manufacturing production within the United States — especially after major events like 9-11 or the global pandemic.
Episode 2: The Automation Puzzle
Made in the USA - March 30, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsIncreased reliance on automation may explain some of the drop in employment discussed in Episode 1. But to what extent is automation an answer to the skilled workforce shortage, and to what extent is automation vs. skilled labor the wrong comparison?
Episode 1: How We Got Here
Made in the USA - March 16, 2021 07:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsUnderstanding the challenges that face American manufacturing today requires taking a close look at what happened to manufacturing employment at the beginning of this century. This episode examines the post-millennium collapse of American manufacturing jobs, and introduces the debate surrounding...
Trailer 2
Made in the USA - February 26, 2021 22:35 - 32 seconds ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsOver the past year, supply chain disruptions revealed the critical ways that manufacturing impacts our lives. Made in the USA makes the case for American manufacturing by exploring where we’ve been, where we can go, and how we can choose the right path ahead. This March, listen to Made in the US...
Trailer 1
Made in the USA - February 01, 2021 16:03 - 31 seconds ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsComing soon: A new, limited-series podcast focused on American manufacturing! The loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs at the beginning of this century — a rate of loss exceeding that of the Great Depression — has shaken our economy, our politics and our very confidence in the American way of life. J...
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