National Manufacturing Strategy

You might have seen a new report released this week from the U.S. National Economic Council that put forth the idea that American manufacturing is more competitive than it has been in decades. That...

There’s a giraffe over at the White House today. A 17-foot-tall, 2,200 pound robotic giraffe named Russell who walks on wheels, plays music, lights up and can carry up to 30 passengers in its...

Photo courtesy UVA Miller Center Last Friday, the University of Virginia’s Miller Center was at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to release “Building a Nation of Makers: Six...

  President Obama's State of the Union address is expected to focus heavily on jobs and the economy this year. AAM's SOTU Translator can help sort through the buzzwords...

Brigadier General John Adams, U.S. Army (Retired) appears at a press conference on Capitol Hill unveiling a new report that finds the U.S. military is overly reliant on foreign suppliers. New Report...

  As the above chart prepared by the Alliance for American Manufacturing's (AAM) Sam Morgante demonstrates, lost manufacturing means lost revenue for the U.S. economy:...

When IHS Global Insight revealed this week that China has passed the United States to lead the world in manufacturing output, the response from some in government and manufacturing was to quibble...

China manufactures many first world conveniences.  For example, the iPhone, iPad, iPod etc. But anyone who has been to China will more than likely tell you that living conditions there...

The January 2011 jobs report contained some good news for U.S. manufacturing: 49,000 manufacturing jobs were added that month, the highest monthly gain since August, 1997.  From January 2010...

Can nuclear power plants create jobs?  You bet they can.  A recent post on The Energy Collective blog demonstrates how manufacturing can, and must, be part of the future.  In an op-ed...