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The Philly Fed Just Printed A 24-Point Jump In New Orders. Here Is What That Means For Your Shop In June.
Every manufacturing newsletter in your inbox yesterday was about the CAPE tariff-refund portal.
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Insights on lead generation, cold email, and sales automation for US manufacturers.
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The SBA Made In America Loan Guarantee Hits 90% On May 1. Here Is What Small Manufacturers Need To Know Before Then.
Eleven days from today, the federal guarantee on a loan category specifically underwritten for small US manufacturers rises to 90 percent.
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B2B Cold Email Reply Rates Just Crashed to 1-5%. Here Is What Manufacturers Are Doing Instead in 2026.
If you hired a sales development rep last year, paid for a cold email tool, watched the reports, and came away with three replies and a bad mood, this article is for you.
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22 New Pharma Factories Are Breaking Ground in the US -- Here Is How Small Manufacturers Get on the Bid List
Most small shop owners are heads-down on diesel, tariffs, and the Hormuz disruption. That is understandable. But while everyone is looking down, the biggest domestic manufacturing demand wave in 40 years is being announced on top of them.
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Diesel at $5.64, Input Costs Spiking, and the Margin Squeeze Hitting Every Small Manufacturer in 2026
Diesel hit $5.64 per gallon in March 2026. That is a 37.8% increase in a single month, the second-largest one-month spike ever recorded.
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How Small Manufacturers Find $8.6 Billion in New Projects Before the RFQ Drops
Industrial SalesLeads released its March 2026 capital spending report on April 14. 165 new planned manufacturing projects totaling more than $8.6 billion in combined investment.
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Your Manufacturing Shop Might Be Owed a Tariff Refund. Here Is How to Check.
The Supreme Court ruled IEEPA tariffs illegal. $175B+ in refunds are in play. Here is what small manufacturers need to know about filing a claim.
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Reshoring Is Creating a Wave of New Buyers. Most Small Manufacturers Will Miss It.
The US goods trade deficit dropped 24% between April 2025 and February 2026. These are not press releases. They are purchase orders working their way down the supply chain.
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Cold Email for Manufacturers: How to Fill Your Pipeline Without a Sales Team
Your best customer found you at a trade show in 2011. Your second best came from a referral in 2015. Both of those buyers are retiring in the next three years.
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