Columns: Reshoring update

In the July/August issue we discussed the Reshoring Survey responses collected from the American Foundry Society’s readers, a subset of the national Reshoring Survey.

Labor productivity is central to economic growth, and the manufacturing sector is a catalyst for progress, directly contributing $2.65 trillion to the U.S. economy. Overall, U.S.

In this column we’re going to take a look at how manufacturers are closing the cost-gap with automation and reshoring profitably while improving operational excellence.

Metalcasting consolidation has reduced the number of metal casting facilities in the U.S. from 6,150 in 1955, to 3,200 plants in 1991, to today’s count of just 1,750. Now, the U.S.