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Super Bowl Commercials Featuring Made in USA Products
This year’s Super Bowl commercials are headed in a good direction by featuring many Made in USA products. Extra good news is that the Super Bowl itself has chosen to use US companies to provide their supplies.
The coin used in the opening toss is made by The Highland Mint in Melbourne, Fla which you can order online.
The artificial turf is made by the 16-year old company FieldTurf in Calhoun, Ga. and they are using their Twitter account to provide play-by-play coverage.
You can even pick your favorite team by who’s wearing Made in USA uniforms, The Giants’ uniforms are manufactured by the Israeli company Tefron and the Patriots are wearing uniforms made by Ripon Athletics in Berlin, Wis.
The players choose their own helmets and most have some components Made in the USA. Also US company Wilson has made the NFL footballs for every Super Bowl game.
The car commercials during the Super Bowl were tricky to figure out since car parts are manufactured all over the place. Feel free to add your insight in the comments.
Chevy: They are not featuring the Malibu model which is Made in the USA but since several commercial are strictly branding their name they squeeze on this list.
Cadillac: The ATS model advertised is made in Lansing, MI but the commercial is emphasizes the car design which originated in Germany.
Honda: They are opening several new manufacturing plants in the USA so they make the list.
Suzuki- Made in many places including a few items in the US
Volkswagen—Made all over including Chattanooga, TN
Kia- They just opened a new plant in Georgia
Coco-Cola: Atlanta, GA
Pepsi: Baltimore, MA
M&Ms: Made in the USA but they have had issues with the sourcing of their coca beans in the past. Currently they work with the Fair Trade organization to provide fair wages and help coca farmers.
Pizza Hut: Made down the street but they have been criticized for slashing and burning forests in Indonesia to plant palm oil plantations.
Oikos Yogurt: Made from organic milk from family farms
NO, NO, NO:
Audi: Made in Germany
Acura: Made all over including several models Made in the USA but not the model featured during the Super Bowl.
Hyundai- Made in South Korea in the world’s largest integrated automobile manufacturing facility
Fiat: Made mostly Canada however the commercial itself features an Italian supermodel and should get some points for….. well….
H&M David Beckham Briefs: Made in Asia & Europe. This one gets sex appeal points too but I’m not sure how this post got off-topic.
Skechers Shoes: Made in China
Samsung: South Korea
BelVita: It’s being launched by Kraft in the USA at the Superbowl but since it is a popular European breakfast snack I can only assume it’s made overseas. Anyone else know about this?
Downy Unstopables: I have no clue
Made In USA: Intel Brings New Jobs to Arizona Desert in Their Fab 32 Facility.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geither praised Intel for their domestic investment after a tour of the facility last November.
“What’s going on here is very important,” Geithner said after a tour of Intel’s facility last November. “The future of our economy depends on companies like Intel continuing to make innovative products in America for sale around the globe.”
Intel has created a Fab 32 info page and Fox News reports the story.
Jon Stewart examines the Suicide Wages paid by American Corporations, such as Apple, to Chineses factory workers.
Call centers are coming back to the USA. They are actually less expensive to hire than using overseas centers since it takes on average 2+ calls to answer the same issue as 1 call made in the US. Arise call center is featured in the newscast. More on CBS Evening News.
Obama is not having a yard sell at the white house, he is bringing jobs back to the USA. Watch his weekly update after meeting with US manufacturers. He has created the website: http://www.businessusa.gov
Top 5 Endangered American Elements: Millions of Jobs May Be Lost
LOS ANGELES /PRNewswire/ — There will be no more “Made in the USA,” with millions of jobs lost if the United States doesn’t start mining and stock piling certain strategic metals, according to Alisha A. Ahern, co-director of the Academics & Periodicals Department at American Elements, the global chemical and metals manufacturer which published the list. Today the company released the 2011 U.S. Endangered Elements List (EEL11) naming the five metals that can most upset American industry, especially if the countries that the U.S. imports the metals from decide to shut off supply.
American Elements funded preparation of the EEL11 to help manufacturers, the government and consumers better understand the gravity of the situation. 20th Century metals such as copper, iron, nickel and tin have given way to 21st Century critical metals, particularly the rare earths, of which the U.S. mines almost none.
“Today China mines a whopping 97 percent of all global rare earth production. America no longer has the resources to manufacture the things we invent,” says Ahern. “New metals like the rare earths have become essential to thousands of household goods including computers, cell phones, cars and nearly all electronics. If we lose access or run out of these elements, there will be no more ‘Made in the USA.’”
According to American Elements CEO Michael Silver, the List goes to America’s fundamental ability to generate prosperity, create jobs, defend itself and compete in the global economy. He adds, “Innovation is only the starting point. To manufacture the products flowing from great ideas, a nation must also have access to the critical materials on which the discoveries are based.”
The complete Endangered Elements List (EEL11) can be found here.
Americans Get Poorer - Congress Gets Richer
From ABC NEWS
The average American’s net worth has dropped 8 percent during the past six years, while members of Congress got, on average, 15 percent richer, according to a New York Times analysis of financial disclosure. The median net worth of members of Congress is about $913,000, compared with about $100,000 for the country at large, the Times’ analysis found.
