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1 week ago | 
nam.org | Alexa Lopez
If you are a buyer at a big manufacturing firm, you probably discover new suppliers through a mixture of Googling, networking and serendipity. But what if you could search a single database full of suppliers in your state and across the country, view their exact capabilities and certifications and then contact them directly? Or simply list your needs and have qualified suppliers respond to your post, then select the ones who meet your criteria?
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2 weeks ago | 
nam.org | Alexa Lopez
Skip to content President Donald Trump is going all-in on tariffs—leading to volatility for markets, manufacturers and America’s trading partners.
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2 weeks ago | 
nam.org | Alexa Lopez
The NAM is advocating for manufacturers’ trade policy priorities as part of a common-sense, comprehensive manufacturing strategy. What’s going on: A proposed new entry fee on vessels entering U.S. ports would result in higher goods costs for consumers, according to the NAM. The administration is also proposing to put new tariffs on imported copper, timber and lumber products.
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2 weeks ago | 
nam.org | Alexa Lopez
NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons will join congressional leaders for an “Invest in America” roundtable on Capitol Hill today to highlight the urgency of making the pro-manufacturing 2017 tax reforms permanent and more competitive. The details: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and other key Members of Congress will be in attendance.
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2 weeks ago | 
nam.org | Alexa Lopez
The U.S. stock market saw its worst day yesterday since the early days of the pandemic, following President Trump’s latest round of tariffs. These tariffs, when combined with other U.S. tariffs in 2025, make the U.S. average effective tariff rate 22.5%—the highest rate since 1909, according to The Budget Lab at Yale. Manufacturers already had record-high concerns about trade uncertainties before this latest announcement, as the NAM’s Q1 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey found.
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3 weeks ago | 
nam.org | Alexa Lopez
Across the country, manufacturers are telling their stories of shop floor operations under U.S. tariffs, the first of which went into effect March 13. The consensus: tariffs have made things harder all aroundJeremy Rosenbeck is president of Cincinnati, Ohio–area manufacturer Republic Wire, Inc., which makes copper wire products for the construction industry.
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3 weeks ago | 
nam.org | Alexa Lopez
As manufacturers await the announcement of the Trump administration’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs at approximately 4:00 p.m. EDT today, NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons warned that “any scenario … is going to add cost[s] to manufacturers.”What’s going on: Timmons, appearing on CNBC’s “Worldwide Exchange” this morning, told show anchor Frank Holland that while the world still doesn’t know what the latest tariffs will include, manufacturers are concerned—and they have good reason to be.
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1 month ago | 
nam.org | Alexa Lopez
Johnson & Johnson will spend more than $55 billion on manufacturing, research and technology in the U.S. over the next four years, the biopharmaceutical company announced (Axios). These investments include a long-planned $2 billion state-of-the-art biologics facility in Wilson, North Carolina. What’s going on: The NAM joinedJ&J for the groundbreaking of the 500,000-square-foot biologics manufacturing plant in Wilson on Friday.
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1 month ago | 
nam.org | Alexa Lopez
President Trump’s recent executive order to accelerate permitting and access to domestic critical minerals will help manufacturing—and America—win, NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons said. What’s going on: The recent executive order aims to boost U.S. production of critical minerals—which include lithium and cobalt—“as well as uranium, copper, potash, gold and any other element, compound or material as determined by the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council,” according to the EO.
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1 month ago | 
tecscience.tec.mx | Alexa Lopez |Mariana Morgado |Ver sus publicaciones
By Alexa Cervantes López, Mariana Franco Morgado, Anayansi Escalante-Aburto y Janet Gutiérrez UribeNejayote is the wastewater generated during the nixtamalization process, an ancestral method for processing corn that enhances the nutritional value, texture, flavor, and digestibility of corn-based products. This liquid is highly alkaline and contains high levels of pollutants, including elevated concentrations of dissolved and suspended organic matter [1].
