Consumer Products
New Group & Big Firms Seek to Energize Reshoring
Return One Million Jobs debuts, while Walmart and Apple push for more U.S. manufacturing.
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Walmart, Apple and the Return One Million Jobs Initiative Seek to Reenergize Reshoring
Over 13 days: Walmart announced an open call for U.S. products, Apple promoted a $1 billion fund to promote advanced manufacturing stateside and a new initiative sought to raise $20 million to reshore one million manufacturing jobs.
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Appliance Growth Slowing
Current growth rate in production is strong, but the dip in housing permits could change things.
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Focusing on People
In addition to numerous employees with two and three decades of experience, Iowa blow molder is building out its future staff via apprenticeships and area-school outreach.
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High-Tech Blow Molding At Agri-Industrial Plastics
This family-owned custom molder stands out in its use of advanced computer and automation tools to claim a niche in large, complex, and multi-layer parts.
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Danone, Nestle & Startup to Accelerate All-Biobased PET Bottle
The NaturALL Bottle Alliance is aiming for commercial launch as early as 2020.
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Borealis Starts ADCA-Free Foamed HDPE for Communication Cable
The development is said to be the first of its kind, and it meets Cat 6, Cat 7 and Cat 8 standards for physically foamed data cables.
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More High-Performance Materials for Additive Mfg Emerge
Included are high-temperature formulations for 3D-printed tooling.
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Growth in Electronics Production to Remain Weak
Spending on electronics has been growing, but the pace is probably not sustainable.
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