Workers assemble wooden handscrew clamps during production in Dubuque, Iowa, on Aug. 8, 2017.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/BloombergThe Stuff Still Made in the USA
From handcrafted beer steins to sleeping bags, these American companies have survived global competition.
Entire industries, from textiles to toys, have become almost extinct in the U.S. as manufacturers moved abroad in search of lower costs or got swept away by a wave of imports.
Some products aren’t Made in America at all anymore. Others still are—but by just a handful of small businesses, or maybe only one. They’re mostly surviving by the skin of their teeth in a world where shoppers care more about price than country of origin. Their stories show the challenge of producing at home—as President Donald Trump is pushing for—and also that it’s not impossible.