Jim Vinoski

Grand Rapids

Contributor at Forbes

Manufacturing writer, speaker, and host at the Manufacturing Talks web show and podcast. Followed by everyone who's cool.

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Articles

Teasing My Next Book: Made in the USA!

3 weeks ago | manufacturingtalks.substack.com | Jim Vinoski

My second book is tentatively titled Inspiring Innovation: Twenty-One US Manufacturers that Helped Build America. I’m nearing completion of the draft writing, and I’m aiming to have it published in late summer this year. Thanks for reading Manufacturing Talks with Jim Vinoski! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. It builds on many of the stories I’ve told in my Forbes coverage over the past seven years, but adds a lot more to the mix.
Our host Jim Vinoski on the nonexistent rule about rich countries always being service economies

3 weeks ago | manufacturingtalks.substack.com | Jim Vinoski

"Manufacturing jobs aren't coming back to America, because rich nations are always service economies."Wrong on all counts!Our esteemed host explains why this oft-repeated statement is flat-out false, and what has really led to the decline of much of American industry.
Faribault Mill Is An Inspiring Story Of Industrial Rebirth

4 weeks ago | forbes.com | Jim Vinoski

To the people who say you can’t bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., that nobody here in the States wants to do textile work anymore, and that services are the country’s future, the folks at Faribault Mill say, “Hold our beer.” The company, privately held since merging with the investment-minded clothing firm CircleRock in 2020, came back from being shut down, flooded, and ready to be dismantled to ramping up production once again, combining the area’s old-school know-how and an...
Once Again, the "Rule" that Wealthy Economies Deindustrialize is Inane

1 month ago | manufacturingtalks.substack.com | Jim Vinoski

I’m going to dive into this one again, because it’s clear there’s a not-insubstantial number of folks (including the one who engaged with one of my LinkedIn contacts in a lengthy back-and-forth recently where he could not fathom any other reality) out there who are convinced there’s some magical, ironclad law of economics that all wealthy nations shed their manufacturing jobs and become service economies.
Cirrus Aircraft’s Safety Focus Has Been Good For Business

1 month ago | forbes.com | Jim Vinoski

Last week Cirrus Aircraft announced the introduction of a new addition to its SR series of single-engine piston aircraft, the G7+, which will feature the company’s Safe Return Emergency Autoland technology as standard equipment.
Aluminum Smelting Coming Back to America? Here's a Start... the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

1 month ago | manufacturingtalks.substack.com | Jim Vinoski

Emirates Global Aluminium CEO Abdulnasser Bin Kalban (l) and Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (r) sign the Memorandum of Understanding for the new EGA smelting facility near TulsaThere was a huge announcement a couple of days ago: the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and Governor Kevin Stitt announced that the state had been selected by Emirates Global Aluminium as the preferred site for the company’s first primary aluminum production facility in the US in 45 years.
America Has a Manufacturing Leadership Crisis

1 month ago | manufacturingtalks.substack.com | Jim Vinoski

I’m currently tearing my way through Fighter Pilot: The Memoir of Legendary Ace Robin Oldsby Robin Olds with Christina Olds and Ed Rasimus. Want to follow the life story of a real American hero who truly helped make the US great? Read it.
Cars, Bleachers, and... Carbines? A Michigan Manufacturing History

1 month ago | manufacturingtalks.substack.com | Jim Vinoski

I had the extreme pleasure of touring the GM factory just around the corner from me in the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming, Michigan, yesterday. It’s a huge and amazing place, especially enthralling for a mechanical engineer like me, with its strong focus on advanced machining. I was totally geeking out on the precision manufacturing they do for their engine parts and axles.
Why US Manufacturing?

1 month ago | manufacturingtalks.substack.com | Jim Vinoski

My pal Mark O’Brien flagged a LinkedIn post yesterday to get my comment. I looked into it and replied that the author was just clickbaiting with his post, which on its face seemed beyond idiotic. I will not link to it, because that’s what the author was after–traffic for his media. But since there may be people who actually bought into the notions he expressed, let’s dig into them:Thanks for reading Manufacturing Talks with Jim Vinoski! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
Connecticut’s Chief Manufacturing Officer Aims For Growth, Reshoring

1 month ago | forbes.com | Jim Vinoski

Paul Lavoie, whose long manufacturing career included stints in engineering services, hardware and electronics, is now applying his skills to help grow Connecticut’s already vigorous manufacturing base in his unique role as the state’s Chief Manufacturing Officer.