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I have come across a few US factories that are entirely owned by Chinese, Malaysian and other foreign owners.

They are making products that are entirely made in America (although some of their supply chain may come from overseas)
I have heard Trump propose this as a good solution to tariffs and a good source of jobs but I am curious how American manufacturers feel about this.

One of the facilities is in Texas and is almost entirely lights-out levels of automation.
The reason the Chinese companies are building these factories is because they can avoid tariffs and also to avoid costly and slow shipping.

Would you consider this to be good for America?
Would you do business with these manufacturers?
How should NORAMARK treat these types of manufacturers?

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When quality is baked into the DNA and culture of an organization, there are fewer defects. A multi-generational family with a focus and obsession with creating high-quality products can reduce defects and the need for extensive QA by making sure every employee is detail-oriented and shares a mission.

I believe that the numbers for US unemployment are misleading.
There are over 100 million people who are either staying at home or not looking for work or discouraged.
What are they doing? Would they come to work if it was interesting, if there was a national mobilization?
I suspect that many of these people would work in jobs that are fulfilling and don't require college.
But, the jobs need to be easy to find, and the country needs a vision.
We are at the beginning of these crossroads.

Manufacturers are using NORAMARK and other solutions to make it easier to access and connect with manufacturing careers.
Interest in national security and its relationship to supply chains is high.
We lost a generation to desk jobs but the up-and-coming workforce loves "real" work with tangible results and clear start and finish.

When I read these numbers I see a different story.
Unemployment is much higher than we are told, and it's time for us to get back to work and rebuild America's industrial base.

check these numbers out.

Breaking Down the U.S. Civilian Non-Institutional Population
The key is that everyone falls into exactly one of three main groups:

Employed – People with a job.
Unemployed (Actively Seeking Work) – People without a job but actively looking in the past 4 weeks.
Not in the Labor Force – People neither employed nor actively seeking work.
Now, Let's Break it Down Properly:
Total U.S. Civilian Non-Institutional Population (everyone 16+ who isn't in the military or institutionalized): ~260 million
Currently Employed:

156.4 million (about 60.1% of the total population)
Currently Unemployed (Actively Seeking):

6.5 million (about 2.5% of the total population, but 4.0% of the labor force)
Not in the Labor Force (Neither Working Nor Actively Seeking):

103.4 million (about 39.7% of the total population)
Includes:
Marginally Attached Workers (~1.6 million) – Wanted a job, looked in the past year, but not in the past 4 weeks.
Discouraged Workers (~592,000) – A subset of marginally attached workers who have given up looking.
Retirees, students, caregivers, disabled, and others who aren’t working or job-seeking.

This podcast was really great, long time family tradition of focusing on quality.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quality-resilience-and-open-mindedness-winning-the/id1520127087?i=1000693394154

I see a lot of people using Linkedin to source materials and equipment.
It would be great if this became a searchable reference ober time.

I'm going to this Gerdau steelplant tour in Virginia hosted by the VMA on March 25th.
see you there?
https://members.vamanufacturers.com/calendar/Details/gerdau-steel-mill-plant-tour-networking-lunch-1324518?sourceTypeId=Website

Berry, Itar, ISO, Dfars, Dla
Does anyone have a comprehensive list of all of the certs commonly used by American manufacturers?
It might be easiest to break them down by sector and then let the experts chime in.
https://www.varonis.com/blog/itar-compliance

@michael_kornuta I suspect that the reason I feel this way is because I prefer to keep my dollars in the states, but it's rare to see made in USA on any products. Something is better than nothing.

@Andrew_Kornuta I personally consider any work done in America to be a huge plus and value add when I am shopping. Even "assembled in America of imported parts" adds value for me. But what I really think of as truly "Made in America" is full domestic supply chain.

I found this on the FTC website. It might be a good starting point, it seems vague.https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/advertising-marketing/made-in-usa

I see a combination of excitement around job creation, fear of IP theft and a deluge of new government initiatives that are supporting the US industrial base. Plus a lot of young people are looking for jobs that don't require college or sitting in a cubicle all day.