Why Domestic?

It's quite simple, actually. Despite manufacturing having historically been the backbone of the US economy and global strength - the engine which outperformed the rest of the world to support WWII efforts - the capital system has turned its back on domestic manufacturing in exchange for lower operating expenses through overseas manufacturing. While the last 30 years has led to improved margins for companies, cheaper consumer products, and mass manufacturing, it has ultimately come at a significant cost. 

Initially, most opponents to the change in strategy argued the cost would be the sacrifice of the American workforce. While there was a period where several lives were negatively impacted, majority of the effected were able to re-tool, re-apply, and regain rewarding careers. A cost I believe few people realized, until recently, was the risk exposure of outsourcing our manufacturing skills, knowledge, and capabilities. As we have since realized, our dependency on other countries - which may not be geopolitically aligned to the US - for manufactured goods and capabilities leaves us in an extremely exposed and costly position. After all, without those manufacturing capabilities, it's difficult to quickly ramp-up other efforts or outpace the competition, if necessary.

The third cost of overseas manufacturing, which I believe even fewer people have realized, is the loss of identity. While not the only factor, the loss of domestic manufacturing represents the loss of grit and pride in hard work. Rather than having a large workforce representing the core founding principles of the United States, the country has steadily grown complacent through its exchange of quality and hard work for cheap convenience.

Therefore, despite our manufacturing costs being higher, margins thinner, and requiring customers to pay slightly more - in contrast to overseas manufacturing - AlumniMolds believes in putting America first through utilization of domestic manufacturing and supporting a domestic workforce. We hope that as a potential customer, or supporter of America, that you understand and support our decision to pursue domestic manufacturing. After all, we do so, as President John F. Kennedy so famously stated, "...not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win..."