Do you know anyone who manufactures something made in America .?

Who knows people who still make something here . Like a chair or a table or some pants or shoes or anything .

Shouldn't we know people who actually make something . I know lots of retail workers and plenty of professionals payed by the government to work as defense contractors , teachers , postal workers and others but I know not one person who makes something .

We used to be a community of blacksmiths , candle makers , butchers , furniture makers , rug weavers , mill workers and now ,I am afraid those people have all gone .



Do you know any real working Americans who make something . Something solid . Not an insurance policy or manage an investment fund but actual create something of real use and value .Do you know anyone who manufactures something made in America .?
If you find someone who makes things in the US please let me know, I'm really tired of buying all these cheaply made products that fall apart. You know, the ones that flood the shelves of our retail stores, like China %26amp; Taiwan. I would really love to see something of quality so that I won't have to purchase the same darn thing over and over and over again when it breaks. My moms home was full of such great products. I still have many of her things today and some of them are at least 50 years old.
YesDo you know anyone who manufactures something made in America .?
I manufacture electrical membranes to be used in Keyboards, cell phones, and GPS units.
It is the Information Age. Did you get mad after the Agricultural age?Do you know anyone who manufactures something made in America .?
Yes, many in fact
I make gun holsters
Yep....a friend of mine works at Audio Research in MN...producing some of the finest audio amplifiers in the world..
I know copper miners.
Thanks to the labor unions, probably not!
yea i work in a factory, and almost every one that works there makes something made in the usa.
My company manufactures pharmaceuticals
Here are five:



John Deere, Cummins, Donaldson, Timken, GE
I make software training videos, design websites and make graphics for all kinds of applications.



It is damned near impossible to get work with any large US corporation, since they either outsource or pay so little to people in my field that I'm better off freelancing to kinder but humbler employers.



So I get my revenge by talking work from out of state, out of country and around the world. I end up working for nicer people than if I had to prostate myself before some 'American' businessman.
Here's a web site with things made in America. Although there are still a few things it's not a list to inspire confidence in the future.



http://www.madeinusa.org/



We've given away entire industries and devastated communities across the country for the benefit of wall Street.
Try Bill Gates - hes made software for the world
lets see....Furniture, cars, tons of things...i happen to work for a company that manufactures engines for airplanes, military and commercial. we do our own manufacturing...



Yankee Candle company in Massachusetts is the largest candle makign entity in America, so there is your throw-back 19th century option for candle makers. :) as for Black smiths...wow, thats really setting technological progress back a 1000 years! we still make furniture (AS i mentioned), and Sam the butcher still works in my town...



i am afraid that all those people have NOT gone, and as times have changed, so have we, regarding WHAT we manufacture...maybe its you that needs to see the "Real value" of an evolving economy...
Yes. I personally know people who make airplanes, paper, clothing, furniture, knives, houses, ships, boats, and automobiles. That is just off the top of my head. I could probably think of some more.
How about those guys Dave and Dave Jr. who build custom motorcycles.



My neighbor crafts beautiful wood articles and does fantastic upholstery.



No, we still have a lot of people with ingenuity, and they are the ones keeping America strong!



Remember Indiana has Shipshawanna (sp?) And there are many people do craft fine wood furniture here in Michigan at the Oak Factory. Mostly made by Amish craftsmen.



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My dad is a carpenter, so yes he makes things. (high quality)



His company they go in and remodel restaurants, golf clubs etc. The do some really beautiful projects. (not to mention in pretty good demand)





You should see his new kitchen, he did almost everything himself solid cabinets (no crappy plywood) Island, the works. But that's an example of what his company does, if the people who are hiring them will pay the money for the craftsmanship.(and work)





There are some out there that are still doing jobs like this, fewer and fewer for sure, but they are out there.
Shoes: New Balance 992s and 2001 models.



Cookware: All Clad.



They make Toyota cars about 40 miles South of here (down in Mississippi).



Delta Faucets: in some tiny little city in the middle of Tennessee--seen it while driving to Pigeon Forge once.



Some chips--IBM Microelectronics division in Burlington Vermont and East Fiskill, NY.



Sharp has manufacturing here in Memphis as does Brother and Medtronic.



Harley Davidson motorcyles in Wisconsin. Caterpillar tractors and John Deere in Illinoise, etc.



The thing is, not all of the companies manufacturing stuff here are US firms.



I have travelled all over the US, and I have visited many manufacturing facillities, and I could go on until I was boring, and all of that anecdotal information does not describe the overall trend.



I could go on if you like?
Yes, I know someone who actually manufactures something ! Amazing ain't it ?

My friend is Bill Wright, and his family has run a glass factory here in lovely Kokomo, Indiana since the mid-19th century. The company is called "Kokomo Opalescent Glass" at present, They make a variety of glass art objects, stained glass,and just about any colored-glass products.



There was recently an article about the company in AAA's bi-monthly magazine. It was real informative, and shared facts like, these families have the exact formulas for thousands of glasses they have manufactured, so, if a church is destroyed by fire, or one of it's stained-glass windows is damaged, the Kokomo company can make the exact glass that was used back in 1869, or whenever !

Pretty cool huh?

I couldn't find a link to this story on the "HomeAndAwayMagazine site, but if you know a triple-A member, ask them for last month's issue and read this story.
I do.HVAC coils,some of the best built in the world.I manufacture here in the US and will rot in hell before i out-source to China or India.