Volume 28 | Issue 4
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By Harry Moser, Founder/ President, Reshoring Initiative®
The National Metalworking Reshoring Award honors companies that have contributed to the reshoring trend by effectively reshoring products, parts, or tooling made primarily by metal forming, fabricating, casting, or machining, including additive manufacturing. The award is made possible by: the Reshoring Initiative; the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA); AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology; SME; the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA); and the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA). This year Marlin Steel and GE Appliances were honored with the award for their leadership, reshoring and investment in U.S. manufacturing.
The Reshoring Initiative has been tracking successful reshoring since 2010. With accurate calculations and planning, reshoring makes good economic sense for about 30% of what is now imported. We would like to share with you how these award-winning companies reshored successfully. Meet our Reshoring Award Winners.
Reshoring is nothing new for GE Appliance. GE Appliance, a subsidiary of China-based Haier Group after an acquisition from General Electric in 2016, has been investing in its U.S. manufacturing operations for well over a decade.
The company began its reshoring journey with a 2012 announcement of a five-year, $1 billion investment to reshore and revitalize its U.S. manufacturing. Eight hundred million dollars of the investment was allocated to Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky creating new assembly lines for hybrid water heaters and refrigerators previously made offshore.
GE Appliance was honored with the 2025 Reshoring Award for leadership and continued investment in U.S. manufacturing. In June 2025, the company announced a $490 million investment to reshore production of washers and washer/dryers from China. This move is expected to create 800 new full-time jobs in 2027.
It was the first phase of a more than $3 billion plan to shift production of refrigerators, gas ranges, and water heaters out of China and Mexico over the next five years. As part of the investment, the company will partner with high schools and technical schools to train the next generation of manufacturing leaders, offering apprenticeship programs and providing upskilling to legacy employees to develop new skills to adapt to new technologies. “This award is proof that when you invest in American workers and factories, you strengthen supply chains and fuel the resurgence of U.S. manufacturing,” said Bill Good, Vice President of Supply Chain at GE Appliances. GE touts a customer-centric “zero distance” strategy to bring product development and manufacturing closer to the consumer through reshoring. “We’ve had a strategy that making appliances in America makes sense; it’s an economic thing, and it’s also how we can serve our customers in a better, more efficient way,” said CEO Kevin Nolan.
Drew Greenblatt, President and CEO of Marlin Steel, accepted the 2025 Reshoring Award in recognition of leadership in reshoring and domestic manufacturing resilience. Marlin Steel reshored multiple production lines from diverse industries including; medical device, food processing, and aerospace. Marlin earned the Award by repeatedly demonstrating that automation, engineering, quality, and delivery can enable reshoring even of high-volume commoditized products. It did so by offering engineered solutions to previously commoditized applications, thus making price no longer the driving factor. Drew Greenblatt’s guiding philosophy is, “How can we engineer our products to solve problems?”
One example involves a reshoring decision by a U.S.-based buyer who previously sourced from Mexico. That buyer shifted production of 1500 custom wire racks to Marlin’s facility in Indiana, with final powder coat painting completed in Michigan. These racks had historically been manufactured in Mexico, but were reshored to the United States to improve turnaround time, simplify logistics, and increase product consistency. Seven engineers from locations in Maryland, Indiana, and Massachusetts played a critical role. Their engineering capabilities, coupled with advanced fabrication and welding technologies, delivered faster prototyping, tighter process control, and improved responsiveness. It’s been proven that when a company separates its engineering and manufacturing, innovation declines. If the U.S. is going to be a home to innovation, it’s best to keep engineering and manufacturing together. Marlin Steel’s key reshoring successes demonstrate that even commodity-level components can be reshored when paired with precision and consistency.
Sumitomo Drive Technologies, a brand of Sumitomo Machinery Corporation of America, earned the award for its success in bringing manufacturing to the United States through foreign direct investment and to Mexico via nearshoring. “This award reflects our commitment to customer satisfaction and building a strong, resilient supply chain,” Joe Gopi, Director of Manufacturing, remarked.
Hobson & Motzer, a Connecticut-based precision machining and assembly contract manufacturer, received the 2023 Reshoring Award for reshoring a family of high precision stamped, machined, and assembled components for a medical device company. They successfully replaced a Taiwanese supplier due to having the resources and technology necessary to scale and deliver consistent quality. This case embodies several of the strongest benefits and drivers of reshoring:
Hardinge Inc., a multinational machine tool and accessories builder, now operating as Kellenberger and Forkardt Hardinge, has been manufacturing machine tools in the U.S. since the 1890’s. Hardinge received the 2022 Award for shifting the manufacturing of its milling and turning machine center solutions from its Taiwan plant to its plant in Elmira, New York.
President and General Manager of Turning & Milling, Ryan Ervin, Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Sales; David Bassett, Senior Director Continuous Improvement, Quality, Export Compliance; and Chandra Urs, President – Turning & Milling were on hand to receive the award.
Acme Alliance was chosen for its record of reshoring products for its customers. In one case, their reshoring fixed a quality problem and cut the customer’s inventory by 94 percent. Acme also has successful facilities in Brazil and China. By not shipping from those facilities to the U.S., Acme has proven that reshoring is not only possible but the right business choice. “We truly believe being close to our customers is the most important strategy,” said Mauri Mendes, president of Acme Alliance-Lovejoy Industries.
Trenton Forging won the award for two key factors: 1. For supplying components previously imported from Japan by a Japanese machining company doing business in the U.S., and 2. For demonstrating substantial investment in automation and processing, as well as quality innovation, which are essential in a high-wage country like the U.S.
“The factors that came into play the most were things like duty, freight, inventory carrying cost, lead and delivery times,” said Trenton Forging Director of Manufacturing, Chelsea Moxlow Lantto.
A key factor in the selection of mold and diemaker Die-Tech & Engineering, was the fact that its sector faces particular competitive challenges in the U.S. —where wage rates are higher — due the complexity and labor-intensive nature of mold and die making. The company was also recognized for its five-day turnaround of a critical component during the height of the Covid pandemic.
“Some of the products we’ve worked on in the last year are office furniture products, some consumer products, but most interesting perhaps, was a very short lead time effort to tool up for ventilators that couldn’t have been done logistically in a time frame that was needed,” said Die-Tech Owner Bill Perry.
New York-based Sherrill Manufacturing was chosen because its success demonstrates that it is feasible to reshore completely lost product categories, including everyday products such as flatware. When Oneida Ltd. ceased operations, all U.S. flatware production had been lost, primarily to Asia. Sherrill Mfg. took over the Oneida flatware factory, launched products under the Liberty Tabletop brand, and found a more efficient way to market those products.
Mitchell Metal Products was selected after using reshoring to complete more end products with less lead time. In 2016, they manufactured a cultivator handle subassembly, increasing the production volume from 4,500 units made overseas to 30,000 units made in Wisconsin.
We encourage companies to implement the top priorities for reindustrialization revealed by the Reshoring Survey — build a strong talent pipeline, use total cost of ownership, and prepare for geopolitical risk. Click here to access the full list of Reshoring resources offered by the Reshoring Initiative.
To report your reshoring successes or to get help with reshoring, contact Harry Moser, Founder and President, Reshoring Initiative, harry.moser@reshorenow.org, 847-867-1144.
Have you reshored a metal component or product? Apply here for the National Metalworking Reshoring Award today.
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