Hello readers,
I often hear people say, "Nothing is made here anymore..." as if it
were a fact. Some people seem to use this as an excuse not to worry
about where anything is made. Others seem genuinely concerned about
the thought. Of course, it is far from the truth. We actually remain
the largest manufacturer and 2nd largest exporter in the world after
Germany, which just recently surpassed us. Many of the products that
are made here, of course, are not consumer durable products and this
is probably the main reason so many people are misled.
Although thousands of consumer products are still Made in the USA,
finding them gets harder everyday as more and more production goes
overseas. If people put in just a little extra effort, however, they
might be surprised how easy it is to find products that are made in
the USA. One thing to do is look on the packaging for "Made/Assembled
in the USA with domestic and foreign components." ** Another is to use
the Internet. Below I have a list of some resources that you can use
and share with people. Also, you would be surprised how effective the
various big search engines such as Google and Yahoo can be.
U.S. Stuff Home- Made in USA Products, Assembled in USA...
USA Made.org
Buy American
Made in USA.com
Legendary USA
**(Made/Assembled in the USA with domestic and foreign components)
One of my pet peeves is the unfairness to USA Mfrs.of regulation set by the FTC as to what constitutes Made in the USA. While these requirements are well intended, they unfairly handcuff most USA Mfrs. of products with very much complexity, because they cannot possibly make all of the parts that go into their products. If Customs were to apply the same standards to imported products that would help, but the truth is, that is not practical. So my feeling is that the requirements for "Made in the USA" should be modified to reflect a more realistic approach in the global economy. I could go on for quite awhile, but I will revisit this subject on another blog later. In the meantime please check-out these links on the subject, as well as some companies that have to deal with this.
"Made in U.S.A".
Standard
USA Import Requirements
Complying with the Made
In the USA Standard
Here's a sampling of Companies that make PRODUCTS in the USA and have to use the (Made/Assembled in the USA with domestic and foreign components) type of claim:
New Balance make shoes in 6 factories in the USA Many of the same made in UK are labeled as such
PING Golf Equipment most clubs except for Drivers Made in USA
munro AMERICAN womens shoes Made in USA
Allen-Edmonds mens shoes made in USA
RGM Watches
Syntax-Brillian: makes TV's in Arizona & California
BUNN My Cafe commercial grade coffee and tea pod brewer
Lexicon Home Theater
Sony special order Laptop computers like I use Made in San Diego, Ca.
many Sony TV's are made in Pittsburgh, PA as well as other products
MPC computers are all made in Nampa, ID
Fall River Shirts
Individualized Apparel
Oreck makes "America's best" vacuum cleaners and upright and soon all air cleaners in the USA
later,
Have fun with these for now and I'll be back soon...
e-mail me if you are looking for something specific @[email protected]