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News Articles: manufacturing

An American flag hangs inside the former Westinghouse plant in Turtle Creek, Pa., which now houses several businesses, including the Eos Energy Enterprises Inc. manufacturing facility.

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  • Business

Can bringing back manufacturing help the heartland catch up with 'superstar' cities?

In recent decades, America has seen economic opportunities concentrated in superstar cities. Manufacturing boosters hope reshoring factories could help change that. We look at the theory and evidence.

June 03, 2025
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
Stacks of U.S. lumber are stamped "Made in USA" and available for sale at Home Depot last month in Pasadena, Calif.

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  • National

Is it 'Made in USA'? The answer can be complicated

In a global economy, something called "substantial transformation" comes into play when the U.S. determines where a product is made.

April 14, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
A woman sits on a bus in Sriperumbudur district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where many women are employed in manufacturing. India hopes to attract more business as the Trump administration imposes tariffs on China.

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  • World

India is hoping its manufacturing industry will profit from Trump's tariffs on China

India is hoping to attract more manufacturing as the Trump administration's tariff policies make it more expensive to do business in China.

March 24, 2025
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid
Keith Plume of PayneCrest Electric Company checks that solar panels are lined up correctly at the Ameren O’Fallon Renewable Energy Center in O’Fallon, Missouri on Sept. 18, 2014. Georgia is among the nation’s leaders for solar manufacturing this year. Bill Greenblatt UPI

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  • News

‘Stepping up.’ Georgia ranks among the best in U.S. for building, installing solar panels

A report released last week ranks Georgia second among all states for most solar manufacturing, representing 21% of the U.S. market.

December 11, 2024
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  • Margaret Walker
Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated and others told to shelter in place after a fire at a chemical plant.

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  • News

City of Atlanta warns of chlorine smell and hazy conditions from Rockdale BioLab fire to travel

The Office of Emergency Management sent out an alert to warn residents of a chlorine smell and hazy conditions expected to move toward Atlanta on Wednesday night and Thursday as a result of the recent BioLab plant fire in Conyers, Ga.

October 03, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
Vice President Harris speaks at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on Sept. 25 about manufacturing and her economic platform.

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  • Politics

Harris heads to Pittsburgh (again) to make a manufacturing pitch to voters

Vice President Harris is trying to win over undecided voters in key swing states like Pennsylvania. Former President Donald Trump also talked about manufacturing policy this week in Georgia.

September 25, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram and
  • Alejandra Marquez Janse
Alexandra Vazquez works in the Phifer factory, a window screen manufacturer outside Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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  • Health

These factory workers were swamped by medical debt. Then their employer stepped in

A decades-old manufacturing company opened a clinic and made primary care and prescriptions free for employees and their families.

September 18, 2024
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  • Noam Levey
The Macon Area Transportation Study Metropolitan Planning Organization seeks input on freight issues to plan for 2050. (Liz Fabian/Macon Newsroom)

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  • News

Have issues with tractor-trailers and freight trains? Time to speak up

Nearly half a million cargo units passed through the Port of Savannah in May and many of them came through Middle Georgia. Macon Area Transportation Study seeks public input in new survey to help meet the challenges of moving goods through 2050.

July 15, 2024
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  • Liz Fabian
A 2024 Hyundai IONIQ 5, photographed in downtown Savannah.

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  • Business

Hyundai reveals which EV model will be first off assembly line at Georgia factory in Bryan County

Bryan County's $7.6 billion Metaplant is expected to begin production of the vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2024.

June 18, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
On her way to work at the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing plant in northern Alabama, D'Koya Mathis takes her 2-year-old daughter Zharia to Ms. Pat's Child Care & Development Center.

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  • Business

An Alabama manufacturer shows how to retain working moms: child care

Child care has long been seen as a problem for mothers to solve. Now employers see it's their issue too. In Alabama, a carmaker is working with a tech company to help employees find and pay for care.

June 10, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan off the island's east coast on Wednesday and temporarily disrupted production at semiconductor factories that produce chips major Silicon Valley companies rely on for products and services.

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  • Technology

Taiwan earthquake briefly halts chip factories that power the global economy

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which makes more than 90% of world's most advanced chips, also halted production, but it plans to resume chipmaking overnight.

April 03, 2024
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  • Bobby Allyn
Architectural rendering of C&H Precision's future development in Richmond Hill

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  • Business

Southeast Georgia-based gun parts company to expand, adding to Bryan County's economic development

C&H Precision expects to add about 70 new jobs.

March 05, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Micromize founder and CEO Prashant Patil

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  • News

A conversation with the CEO of computer chip maker coming to Columbus. Why here?

Micromize, a semiconductor manufacturer that specializes in energy-efficient electronics for wearables and mobile devices, recently chose Columbus as its home base and Georgia Tech in Atlanta for its research and development.

February 01, 2024
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  • Brittany McGee
Hyundai's Metaplant electric vehicle factory and paint shop in Bryan County under construction in October.

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  • Economy

Savannah workforce study predicts industrial labor shortage by 2025

To fill the 1,454 regional vacancies expected by 2025, the study recommends training and recruitment programs for high school graduates: 84% of new hires currently have no more than a high school diploma.

November 15, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Bill Kowalcic works on wall panels in the finishing department at Advanced RV. After the company went to a four-day workweek, his team figured out how to cut time without cutting corners.

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  • Business

A manufacturer tried the 4-day workweek for 5 days' pay and won't go back

Of the hundreds of companies that have tried a four-day workweek, very few are manufacturers. Advanced RV in Willoughby, Ohio, is showing how it can be done.

November 12, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu
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