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LAFAYETTE, GA—The Georgia Department of Labor will help Roper Corp. fill approximately 80 temporary production jobs at its assembly plant here. Roper manufactures kitchen stoves and microwaves.

The role of manufacturing in the global economy is evolving. What will the future hold?

ESCONDIDO, CA—Green Power Resource Management Inc. will start volume production of a solar-powered air conditioner at a new assembly plant here.

Reshoring is a welcome trend, but maintaining product quality will not be a given.

CLYDE, OH—Whirlpool’s washing machine assembly plant here is one of many U.S. factories that have benefited from a growing wave of reshoring.

Looking back on the campaign, it was refreshing to hear candidates from both parties tout the importance of U.S. manufacturing.

LANSING, MI—Michigan’s state House has passed bills giving both public and private employees so-called right-to-work protections.

FAYETTEVILLE, TN—Nearly 1,000 union workers at the Goodman air-conditioner assembly plant here went on strike Saturday.

Sunbeam Products Inc. is a leading manufacturer of indoor and outdoor appliances. At its plant in Neosho, MO, the company manufactures nearly 600,000 GrillMaster and Coleman gas, electric and charcoal grills during the six-month grilling season (Memorial Day to Thanksgiving).

With the election over and the economy picking up steam, manufacturers are poised to reinvest in their assembly plants.