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• June 25, 2010 Manufacture America: Rethink, Retool, Rebuild to Support Jobs
  Manufacturing and Services (MAS), in conjunction with numerous federal, state, and local government agencies and universities, is organizing a series of conferences. These conferences will be followed by support from local, state, and federal resources shaped by the needs of the local manufacturers. The first conference will be hosted in Pittsburgh on September 27. The Manufacture America program is designed to help American manufacturers rethink, retool and rebuild their operations through exploring new products, markets, processes and sources of finance. As part of this program, a series of Manufacture America regional conferences will convene to allow manufacturers to:
  • Learn how they can retool and rebuild through:
  • Entering new market segments, new industries, or new supply chains
  • Modernizing processes to become more sustainable and efficient while lowering operation costs
  • Hear success stories from manufacturers who have successfully retooled.
  • Learn about growing industries.
  • Learn about export opportunities as well as how to export.
  • Learn about resources and funding that are available to help rethink and retool, including technical assistance and financing.
  • Discuss issues the manufacturers face with federal, state, and local governments.
  • Network with representatives from other companies
• June 4, 2010 America Competes Act Passes House
  On May 28, 2010, the House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (H.R. 5116) by a vote of 262 to 150. The original COMPETES bill was passed in 2007 and was a bipartisan effort in response to the 2005 National Academy of Sciences’ report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm.
• March 26, 2010 Tax Incentives Aim to Spur Small-Biz Manufacturers
  Jobs bill and revisions to stimulus package will help midsized companies, say experts.
• March 23, 2010 Congress Hears Call for Manufacturing Innovation
  More investment in public-private partnerships and prioritizing key technologies are crucial if America is to avoid losing its competitive edge in manufacturing, industry and policy leaders warned Congress in recent testimony.
• March 22, 2010 Women-Owned Small Business Rule Proposed
  Small Business Administration (SBA) recently released a proposed rule aimed at expanding federal contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses (WOSBs).
• March 19, 2010 State of Manufacturing 2010
  Minnesota’s manufacturers are noticeably more optimistic about the economy than last year, but executives’ concern are mounting over further decreasing availability of credit, according to the State of Manufacturing, a major survey research project sponsored by Enterprise Minnesota and partners. More than a quarter of manufacturing executives (26 percent) anticipate economic expansion in 2010 and only 19 percent foresee a continued recession. Compared to a year ago, that represents an 18 percent jump in executives predicting growth and a 37 percent decline in those who project a continued recession. Forty-four percent expect their firm’s annual gross revenues to increase in 2010, up significantly from only 23 percent last year.
• March 19, 2010 The Impact of IMPACT
  Policy Matters Ohio, the Apollo Alliance, and the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) partnered to release the Impact of IMPACT. The report looks at the investment proposal “Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology Act of 2009” (IMPACT). Among the key components of IMPACT is the establishment of state-level revolving loan funds to support new investment in industry which could create over 52,000 new jobs in Ohio over ten years, as estimated by authors of the report.

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