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I always look over all the choice in the stores for a MADE IN THE USA product. I couldn't believe I found a plastic dust pan made in Illinois. When we were doing the dishes, Marta noticed we have two plate brushes from them already.
The dust pan and hand broom on the lower left are what we bought today. Lower right is an environmentally responsible program logo.
Remember when Walmart put Rubber Maid out of business and the equipment moved to China? PBS did a show on it years ago.
Look them over here: http://libman.com/
mercuryblues
(14,547 posts)I have this broom:
Wide Commercial Angle Broom
It stands by itself. Really it does.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)woo me with science
(32,139 posts)to buy refill after refill after refill...
Autumn Colors
(2,379 posts)Their dustmops are great!
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)Work fine - last a long time. Only time one failed me was when I inadvertently ran over it with the lawn mower!
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)products on tables with big signs pointing toward them that said, "Made in the USA".........the good old days!
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)multiple distributors, but made more money by selling through Walmart, so they said "screw the little guys" and cast their lot with the devil that made them more money. Then the devil turned on them, and, in league with the demons financiers and vulture capitalists at the banks they bought the bones that were left. For $6 billion.
Walmart isn't blameless in their pursuit of profit, but I think we should give credit for heartache where it is due, and not let them take all the glory.
And thank you for the product reminder.
Omaha Steve
(99,760 posts)I checked our Rubbermaid recycle bins.
http://www.rubbermaid.com/mediaCenter/aboutUS/Pages/AboutUs.aspx
In 1999, Newell Rubbermaid Inc. was created, a global marketer of consumer and commercial products with 2005 sales of $6.3 billion. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., and has approximately 30,000 employees worldwide.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)alfredo
(60,077 posts)much of anything good to say about their workmanship and the difficulty in matching parts. The The Axle would strip before the nut, increasing the cost of repair. Finding a nut that would fit was a headache.
Ashtabula Bow company made the best one piece cranks in the US. I think they were used on Schwinn. Early BMX riders swore by Astabula cranks.
Of the domestic department store bikes, Huffy was the best. The facing of the bottom bracket was usually good, headset fit, and they ran true. The welds were cleaner than others like Columbia.
They outsourced the 1984 Olympic bikes. It was Mike Melton who ran that effort. They set up shop in Dayton at the Huffy factory. My Masi California frameset was housed there for a bit.
I loved Bendix coaster brakes. They worked well and were simple to service. They up and moved to Mexico.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)jRus61
(12 posts)Someone who actually knows about made in the usa products should start a thread that people could add to. I'd gladly pay a little more if necessary for products that support American workers.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)I'm not sure who would do it.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)I always appreciate hearing recommendations of products and check them out when I need something. There are many Made in the USA shopping sites but they are a little hard to use and incredibly unattractive. But as a person who is growing a business of manufacturing products in the US I will look for and buy Made in the USA products every time.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)A Little Weird
(1,754 posts)But you do have to check the label - some are made in China now.
bobclark86
(1,415 posts)Like today, I bought a $17 staple gun, when the $8 one made in Taiwan would have probably worked just as fine.
BTW, lots of plastic crap is made in the U.S. Check out their Mainstays cheap-o kitchen garbage cans, even.
JackN415
(924 posts)like plastic stuffs with little intellectual property.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)I'll buy it. Even if I don't need it. Will buy those for Christmas and Wedding presents!
Thanks, OS for this great tip!
midnight
(26,624 posts)try on my wood floors... Thanks...
tblue37
(65,490 posts)I use it to sweep up the cat litter my kitties track out of their litter box in the bathroom.
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