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Global Auto Industry Faces Strong Headwinds Ahead

July 7, 2026

DETROIT—Automakers around the world are entering a new chapter, faced with supply chain uncertainty and trade risks, according to a recent study by AlixPartners.

Automated manufacturing line with robots and AI technology improving assembly and production operations

$100 Billion AI Fund Could Reshape Manufacturing and Product Development

JJ Moore

March 31, 2026

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Jeff Bezos is reportedly in early discussions to raise a $100 billion investment fund aimed at applying artificial intelligence across manufacturing, targeting sectors such as semiconductors, aerospace and defense.

NIST Launches Center for AI in Manufacturing

Austin Weber

December 31, 2025

GAITHERSBURG, MD—The National Institute of Standards and Technology is investing $20 million to establish two centers to advance AI-based manufacturing.

Chinese Truck Company to Build Assembly Plant in Georgia

Austin Weber

July 24, 2024

HONG KONG—Windrose Technology, a Chinese start-up, plans to build an assembly plant in Georgia to mass-produce battery-powered Class 8 vehicles.

China Overtakes US in Robot Density

John Sprovieri

January 30, 2023

During the past few years, U.S. manufacturers have massively increased their investment in robots.

House Passes COMPETES Act Aimed at Boosting US Competitiveness With China

February 8, 2022

WASHINGTON—The House voted on Feb. 4 to pass the America COMPETES Act, a bill that aims to increase U.S. competitiveness with China and to address the country’s shortage of semiconductors by strengthening the country’s supply chain.

U.S. Manufacturing Had an Opportunity—And We Wasted It

In the wake of COVID-related supply chain disruptions, U.S. manufacturers should rethink global supply chains.

July 28, 2020

We—manufacturers, government and the public—have failed dismally to capitalize on the opportunity to revamp supply chains and grow U.S. manufacturing.

Bill Would Establish New Federal Institute of Manufacturing

July 15, 2020

WASHINGTON — Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) has introduced legislation that would establish an independent federal institute—the National Institute of Manufacturing (NIM)—to serve as a hub for federal manufacturing programs.

Tariffs Have Moved Some Production From China, but not to the US

John Sprovieri

November 4, 2019

Recently, I received an e-mail from a U.S. electrical products company warning me that, on Oct. 15, the tariff on power supplies and power cords imported to the U.S. from China would increase from 25 percent to 30 percent.

Which is the Greater Threat to US Jobs: Chinese or US Automation?

Automation is not a problem; it is an answer to our biggest problems.

Harry Moser

June 15, 2018

Numerous pundits have forecast that U.S. manufacturing will follow the path of agriculture: Automation will replace human workers and steal all of our jobs. It will be an automation doomsday. Clearly, returning jobs will be, on average, higher skilled and fewer in number than when the work was lost offshore years ago. However, in reality, automation is key to reshoring and thus to U.S. job growth.

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