Manufacturing
Reshoring a plant costs more than the sticker
Bringing production back to the US means paying four cost layers most feasibility studies understate.
Owen Blackwood
Manufacturing
Manufacturing covers production as it is actually run: capacity utilization, tooling and retooling costs, automation and robotics payback, skilled labor availability, quality and yield, and decisions to open, relocate or close plants. Coverage names the suppliers and components involved. Intended for operations leaders, engineers and investors in industrial firms.
Production reported in detail: capacity utilization, tooling and automation costs, skilled labor supply, reshoring projects and plants opening or closing.
Manufacturing
Section 232 tariffs quietly steer steel capacity
National-security tariffs on steel and aluminum have become the main lever shaping how much US mills invest, and what they build.
Owen Blackwood