The Reshoring Initiative®, in collaboration with Regions Recruiting®, is asking for your input in our 2026 Reshoring Survey. 

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U.S. manufacturing policy is being decided now—and it will directly affect your costs, supply chain, and competitiveness. In this fast-changing environment, your voice can help shape what comes next. This 10-minute survey questions how trade conditions, global risks, and federal policies are affecting your reshoring and foreign direct investment (FDI) decisions. Your responses go directly into the data used by policymakers and economic developers working to strengthen U.S. manufacturing. 

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If you want better policy outcomes, this is one of the most direct ways to influence them. 

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Take the survey now! 

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Participants will receive a copy of the results and be able to benchmark their strategy against other manufacturers. 

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More Action Items  

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Apply for the 9th Annual National Metalworking Reshoring Award by May 31, 2026 

The 9th National Metalworking Reshoring Award, from the Reshoring Initiative with PMA, AMT, SME, FMA, and NTMA, honors companies bringing manufacturing back to North America. Judged on reshored jobs, sales, investment, and innovation, winners will be announced at IMTS 2026 in Chicago. Applications are due May 31, 2026. 

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At The MFG Meeting, hosted by AMT, RI’s Harry Moser received AMT’s highest award, the Al Moore Award, at the Chairman’s Dinner. See full coverage here: Al Moore Award Winner Harry Moser Reignites Domestic Manufacturing. 

The presentation started with a 10-minute video of Harry’s life and career. Doug Woods, President of AMT, then started the intro and handed off to Lee Morris, Chairman of Morris Group, Inc. Harry was humbled by their comments.  

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Harry offered insights from his career: 

• Take excellent care of the customer 

• The national question should not be whether to reshore, but rather how best to reshore!  

• Workforce development is essential for reshoring, country, industry and customers 

• Chinese proverb: “If you love what you do, you will never work another day in your life.” This reminded him of a final story: “Forty years ago, I was walking out of National Acme at 6 p.m. on a Friday. A slumping co-worker said, ‘Thank God it’s Friday.’ My response: ‘Yes—it’s only three days until Monday!’” 

• For the full content, see the Award acceptance video. 

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Industrial Policy Developments 

The Supreme Court ended President Trump’s IEEPA tariffs. Other tariff types are being pursued. RI advocated for the tariffs to be approved by Congress so they would be locked in and companies could operate with a degree of predictability. Tariffs are intended to offset the U.S.’s lack of cost competitiveness. The root cause of the problem is an overvalued USD. We prefer reducing the value of the USD, e.g., using the Market Access Charge. 

Harry Moser Addresses Congress on the Future of Manufacturing - A Blueprint to Accelerate Reshoring.  

Harry Moser’s message to Congress was straightforward: reshoring is already working, it disproportionately benefits small businesses, and with the right policy focus, it can dramatically transform the U.S. economy by 2040. 

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Exclusive: Defense executives plan to meet at White House as strikes on Iran diminish stockpiles U.S. officials are meeting with major defense contractors to ramp up weapons production after recent strikes on Iran depleted key munitions stockpiles. The talks highlight growing pressure on the defense industrial base to scale manufacturing capacity and strengthen supply chains for critical weapons systems. RI comment: The defense industrial base also needs a much larger and better-trained consumer goods base to draw from for capacity and personnel. Broad reshoring is needed.  

The Art of War in the 21st Century 

Manufacturing capacity matters. Superior technology only wins if it can be sustained. War simulations repeatedly show the U.S. risks losing to China due to limited industrial capacity, and real-world conflicts confirm the problem: wars in Ukraine and Iran are draining U.S. stockpiles faster than they can be replaced. 

US trade deficit surged in December, ending 2025 nearly identical to 2024 after year of erratic Trump tariff policy 

U.S. import growth outpaced exports in December as annual trade figures ended 2025 nearly unchanged from 2024, underscoring volatility in tariff-driven policy and persistent imbalances. RI comment: We need either a 20% lower USD or a reasonable tariff policy approved by Congress to assure the stability companies need to justify investment. For example, 25 to 50% tariffs on China and 15% on all other countries. The policy could include exemptions for companies that commit and follow through with U.S. investment in key supply chain gaps such as machine tools, robotics, pharma, rare-earth minerals, etc. 

Labor Department Launches $81 Million RESTART Grants for Skilled Trades Training for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals 

“Through our RESTART Program, the Labor Department is giving individuals with criminal records a chance to build in-demand skills and secure jobs that can support homeownership.”  

Skilled Workforce 

A Boost for Manufacturing 

MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing aims to strengthen US manufacturing by helping companies adopt advanced technologies while creating high-quality jobs for the next generation of workers. The effort highlights how closer links between innovation and production can boost productivity, support smaller manufacturers, and ensure workers advance alongside new technologies.  

American Compass Research Uncovers the Best Pathways to Good Jobs 

Learning By Doing, a policy report from the American Compass, calls for expanding apprenticeships, paid internships, and other “earn-and-learn” pathways that connect education directly to jobs. The recommendations aim to strengthen the U.S. workforce pipeline by helping workers gain skills through hands-on experience while meeting employers’ growing demand for skilled talent.  

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AWT Foundation 2025 Year Recap 

“AWT is promoting rewarding careers in manufacturing for youth and adults across our region [Northeast Ohio]. The Foundation has grown to 500+ manufacturing companies, community organizations, and schools, all engaged in promoting rewarding manufacturing careers! Information on our programs, membership and sponsorship opportunities can be found in our Membership Packet.” RI comment: Our friend, Roger Sustar, is the founder of AWT and of Fredon Corporation. 

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Success Stories 

Fresenius Kabi and Phlow Corp. Announce First-Ever, End-to-End, U.S. Manufacturing Collaboration for Epinephrine Injection, USP  

Fresenius Kabi and Phlow Corp. partner to bring end-to-end U.S. manufacturing of epinephrine, from API production to finished doses, bolstering domestic supply of this essential, lifesaving medicine and creating a scalable model for other drugs.   

Why Americans Pay 4X More for the Same Medicine.  

Reshoring can help reduce pharmaceutical costs. RI comment: Lower pharma costs reduce healthcare costs and thus manufacturing benefits and burden. U.S. becomes more competitive.  

How a Small-Town Factory Keeps Manufacturing Jobs in the US 

A smalltown U.S. factory has kept manufacturing jobs at home by aligning strategic planning with investment in modern processes, workforce development, and community commitment, showing that thoughtful operations and local engagement can sustain domestic production even in tough competitive environments.  

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Leanshoring: Winning with Customers by Bringing the Business Closer  

“Leanshoring,” coined more than two decades ago by Jim Womack, may now be one of the most significant shifts in American manufacturing strategy in decades. It helped propel GE Appliances to successful reshoring. RI comment: GE Appliances won the 2025 National Metalworking Reshoring Award. 

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Why I believe in US Reshoring 

Wire Forming Technology International’s Spring 2026 edition provides an excellent example of a contract manufacturer promoting reshoring. See pages 66 to 69. 

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Supply Chain 

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How Iran Is Repricing Geography 

“Over the longer term, these developments evince a structural transformation of the global economy. The security cost of trade is no longer a temporary shock, but a permanent layer embedded in pricing and logistics that companies need to take into account.”   

RI comment: This will drive more localization and regionalization. 

Apple is Quietly Assembling a US Chip Supply Chain, One Layer at a Time 

Apple is strengthening its U.S.-based chip supply chain by centering production at TSMC’s Arizona fabrication plants and growing advanced packaging operations in Texas and Arizona. Although its most advanced chips will continue to be produced in Taiwan, Apple expects to purchase more than 100 million U.S.-manufactured chips this year, helping expand domestic semiconductor capacity. RI comment: More demand is needed to support the huge chip capacity increase under construction. 

4 Ways to Streamline Supply-Chain Localization 

“With the help of industrial AI, manufacturers can smooth out bumps in the road to efficiency.” 

Industrial Real Estate Shifts Inland Due to New Trade Patterns 

“Building quality, infrastructure access, and proximity to population centers increasingly matter more than simply being located near a port.”  

Select Media (RI authorship or quotes)  

Industry Today: The Art Of Reshoring: A Better Proposal To Balance Trade 

AMT: Navigating Uncertainty Through Resilience and More 

Business View Magazine: A Manufacturing Renaissance People-Centered Leadership for a Resilient Future  

Industry Week: Supreme Court Strikes Down Most Trump Tariffs  

ITIF: Internal Value Chains Remain Dependent on China Even as Multinationals Shift Production to America 

Videos & Podcasts: 

Paolo Taticchi Webcast: The Future of Value Chains 

STI/SPFA: House Small Business Committee Hearing on Domestic Manufacturing 

Upcoming Events  

April 6 —  Manufacturing Talk Radio — recording  

April 14 — NYU REIT — podcast 

April 17 — SMTS Spring Meeting — Lincolnshire, IL 

April 22 — Industry Ignited — podcast 

May 5-6 — COO Leaders’ Summit — Denver, CO 

September 14-19 — IMTS — Chicago, IL 

October 14-16 — AMT MT Forecast — Schaumburg, IL  

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Visit ReshoreNow.org for the latest news and upcoming events. 

As always, thanks to all our readers, our sponsors, and the companies that use our Total Cost of Ownership Estimator® (TCOE) to reshore. 

1. Remember to take the 2026 Reshoring Survey. 

2. OEM’s and contract manufacturers, apply for the 2026 Reshoring Award. 

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Sincerely,  

Harry Moser, Founder 

Millar Kelley, Editor and Research Analyst 

Christy De Voy, Co-Editor and Research Assistant  

The Reshoring Initiative 

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