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Oct 23 2017
Podcast Made in America

Designing a Better Mousetrap — And Making It in America

mHUB's state-of-the-art facility in Chicago is a place where entrepreneurs and innovators can invent new things, from cutting-edge electronics to groundbreaking medical devices to even a better...
Oct 30 2017
Podcast Made in America

Who Can Take a Factory and Bring It Home to America? The Candy Man Can.

Third-generation farmer-turned-candy maker Joe Dutra launched Kimmie Candy in 2000 and almost immediately started winning awards for his tasty treats. In 2005, Dutra took a huge risk when he moved...
Nov 06 2017
Podcast Made in America

America Hasn’t Lost Its Marbles, Thanks to Beri Fox

Marble King makes more than 1 million, 100 percent lead-free glass marbles at its factory in West Virginia every day. But as CEO Beri Fox explains, while Marble King makes the best product on the...
Nov 13 2017
Podcast Made in America

Competitors Moved Overseas, But Exxel Outdoors Bet on America — and Succeeded

When a sleeping bag factory in Haleyville, Ala., was on the brink of shutting down, Exxel Outdoors bought it, upgraded it — and managed to create even more jobs. Today, the factory produces more...
Nov 20 2017
Podcast Made in America

A Century of Tradition at LC King Manufacturing Co.

When most American workwear companies sent production overseas at the turn of the century, LC King kept things going at its iconic factory in Bristol, Tenn. And as owner and operations manager Jack...
Nov 27 2017
Podcast

How Liberty Tabletop Is Setting the Table for Growth

When flatware maker Oneida decided to offshore its production, Greg Owens and his business partner stepped in and bought the company's factory in upstate New York. Liberty Tabletop is now the only...
Dec 04 2017
Podcast Made in America

How the 2007 Economic Crisis Led to Success for the Vermont Flannel Company

In the early 1990s, T-shirt salesman Mark Baker sent a sample of his flannel designs to retailers like J.C. Penney and Sears, who promptly cribbed them and made them overseas. But despite the odds,...
Dec 11 2017
Podcast Made in America

The Purrfect Cat Toy Is Safely Made in America

What are your cats and dogs chewing on? When pets started getting sick from playing with foreign-made pet toys, Pam Wheelock wasn’t surprised. After a successful career as an occupational...
Jan 16 2018
Podcast Made in America

Shop Made in DC: Finally a Place to Support the District

Shop Made in DC co-founder Stacey Price always wanted a place to support local makers, and when a space opened near DuPont Circle, she jumped at the chance to highlight D.C.'s best. Since then, sales...
Feb 13 2018
Podcast

Vinyl Record Maker Finds His Groove Just Outside D.C.

Music and manufacturing merge at Furnace Record Pressing's 50,000 square-foot vinyl record plant in Alexandria, Va. Join Scott Paul on a tour of Furnace's new facility and a conversation with...