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Thank you American manufacturers! We're finally beginning see and understand how "Made in USA" adds value to our daily lives and how important you are to our national well-being.
Through the years, not only have manufacturers improved our
life directly, they have indirectly funded every aspect of
our economy. As a friend of mine, David Baldwin says,
“Without American manufacturers, we would live in the worst
camping nightmare ever. I’m just not the 18th century kind
of guy, myself, are you?”
How the American manufacturing economy works [1]
Did you know these little-know facts about American manufacturing?If American manufacturers considered themselves a country, they would rank the world’s eight largest economy [2]. According to the World Bank, the world's largest economies (Gross Domestic Product 2007) are as follows: 1. United States $13,811,200 2. Japan $4,376,705 3. Germany $3,297,233 4. China $3,280,053 5. United Kingdom $2,727,806 6. France $2,562,288 7. Italy $2,107,481 8. Spain $1,429,226 And furthermore, did you know there are 325,000 manufacturers located in the U.S today; 225,000 are small business manufacturers (component and contract) with less than 25 employees. Now, doesn't this go a long way towards explaining why many of these businesses are not on our radar. How many 25 employee companies do you read about on the front page of the paper, see in the news, or read about in magazines? This is also why I'm asking you to accept the personal responsibility as a citizen to change the perspective by doing something. If you can't invent, then promote. Do you know what is being manufactured in the building next door? If not, find out, and tell at least one other person about their product. If you are an inventor, ask that manufacturer what he needs to succeed and set about doing it. And finally, one more storyline not found on front-page news: America still manufactures at home about 75% of what America consumes. Shocked, well don’t be. You can't always believe what you read in the paper. Only about 30 percent of American manufacturing production is food and beverages, computers and high-tech, or transportation and motor vehicles. This brings us what you need to know: there is 70% of American manufacturing services up next for innovation. [3] There is so much work for you to do... Now, while some may enjoy a hands-on
hobby now and again what if you had to make all your clothes,
assemble your car, and carve your furniture or heaven forbid
cook from scratch. Are you beginning to see the point? To guarantee America this continuing legacy, isn't it time for us, the Garage Inventor and the American consumer - working in tandem - to place orders in our American factories? Get started today by custom manufacturing new, lean, green and healthy new products. This is not the work for those who elected to the Congress; this is the economic role of the American workforce. That my dear folks, is you.
[3] IndustryWeek.com The Face of American Manufacturing, David Blanchard |
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