Post by Logan on Jun 5, 2016 3:53:10 GMT -6
Walmart makes some progress on 'made-in-America' pledge, but detractors remain skeptical
You won't hear anti-Walmart talk from Wisconsin manufacturers Tailor Made Products and Rockline Industries.
Both are among companies enjoying increased business as a result of a public pledge by the world's largest retailer to step up purchases of U.S.-made goods by $250 billion over 10 years.
Tailor Made added a production cell at its Elroy factory in 2014 after winning a contract to manufacture kitchen utensils — potato mashers, ladles, turners and such — that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. formerly sourced from China.
Sheboygan-based Rockline expanded its factory in Springdale, Ark., within the last year, in part to produce facial wipes for the mega-retailer.
Read more: www.jsonline.com/business/walmart-makes-some-progress-on-made-in-america-pledge-but-detractors-remain-skeptical-b99734055z1-381884411.html
You won't hear anti-Walmart talk from Wisconsin manufacturers Tailor Made Products and Rockline Industries.
Both are among companies enjoying increased business as a result of a public pledge by the world's largest retailer to step up purchases of U.S.-made goods by $250 billion over 10 years.
Tailor Made added a production cell at its Elroy factory in 2014 after winning a contract to manufacture kitchen utensils — potato mashers, ladles, turners and such — that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. formerly sourced from China.
Sheboygan-based Rockline expanded its factory in Springdale, Ark., within the last year, in part to produce facial wipes for the mega-retailer.
Read more: www.jsonline.com/business/walmart-makes-some-progress-on-made-in-america-pledge-but-detractors-remain-skeptical-b99734055z1-381884411.html