Scott Maier
@scotttmaier
Bringing back critical medical manufacturing to Appalachia
This is why we need industry veterans advising the Administration on Industrial Policy. “Good in excel and interviewing mgmt teams is not relevant in my new ecosystem lol.” This thread highlights the challenges of going from Wall Street to SMB manufacturing owner.
Conservative cap structure coz well…I had no experience prior. Good in excel and interviewing mgmt teams is not relevant in my new ecosystem lol. But yeah if I get burnt out, I can def out by ripping my face off by agreeing to sell at a dumb multiple to pay off the debt
This is a key point: “Manufacturers can (and should) do something similar by identifying shared component pain points, building joint sourcing strategies, or even developing regional production capacity together.” Having this demand signal should help spur domestic production…
This is a pattern I’ve seen repeatedly in my research, and it’s a critical point for manufacturers, especially SMBs trying to scale, reindustrialize, or reposition themselves in uncertain markets. When tariffs, margin pressure, or component/material shortages hit, the knee-jerk…
Counselor Mike Needham gave an important speech at last week’s Reindustrialize conference. Under President Trump and Secretary Hegseth’s leadership, we at DOD are laser-focused on restoring America’s defense industrial base to its prior strength. This task is vital to the…
How to protect our critical medical supply chains: 232 Tariffs Reviews CMS reimbursements and mandates for US made goods Enforce Make PPE in America Act Have similar legislation for pharmaceuticals Fund manufacturing buildout with tariff revenue/sovereign wealth fund
Use tariff revenue to shore up supply chains for medicines, chips. But domestic producers must be protected from adversaries undercutting on price. Another note: What happened to excellent 2020 EO on govt procurement of essential meds? TY @RealPNavarro @scotttmaier @ZachMottl
.@SBA_Kelly: "Small doesn’t mean insignificant. Small business is significant—President Trump and I talk about that all the time. He loves small business and knows innovation starts there… People are waking up: Main Street is going mainstream."
There is no external cavalry coming to Reindustrialize America. It's up to us.
Things don’t get built unless we build them
Simple Answer: We have a positively massive skills gap. Too Long Answer: For 30 years, we told young people to avoid manufacturing. We shut down our high school shop classes, we shuttered the majority of our manufacturing-centric trade schools, we atrophied the internal training…
why can't we fill manufacturing jobs?
great stocking stuffer for the industrialist in your life
But seriously I would love if these existed
Great read from @cpa_tradereform prosperousamerica.org/wp-content/upl…
America was built by people who believed in making things, especially things that mattered. It’s time to bring that spirit back. Let’s bring our medicine supply home. Let’s rebuild the factories, rehire workers, and restore trust in the pill bottle again. tinyurl.com/eztkspvf
There’s a new noblesse oblige in the air. At the Reindustrialize Summit, no one talked about cutting costs or making profits. National sovereignty and a thriving middle class have replaced shareholder value as the ultimate goal. Patriotism has replaced profit. The vibe shift has…
More publicity is needed on the fact that FDA inspectors are almost never allowed into Chinese pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing facilities in the first place. On the rare occasion they are, the companies often have weeks to prepare.
China stops dozens of Americans from coming home. Another impediment to @US_FDA inspectors doing their job to protect US from unsafe drugs, foods. @CortesSteve @EvanFHerman @ZachMottl @AAPSonline @CosmicChirp @NeceHorn @hedleyrees foxnews.com/world/china-de…
Glad the medical supply chain is being mentioned.
“Without the ability to make antibiotics, chips, and batteries—to say nothing of ships, rockets, and drones—we have no chance in the event of a catastrophe like a world war.” @BUngarSargon met the tech bros trying to change that. thefp.com/p/here-come-th…
It should also be noted that that the 4 primes are heavily dependent on the SMBs for a majority of parts that go into their products. However, for the SMBs, this “government” revenue only accounts for about 5%-10% of overall sales. This is why our commercial industrial base is…
The current love-fest with defense and military tech from the @reindsummit as reflected in the subsequent coverage in @TheFP @nytimes and the @MollySOShea Sourcery podcast has got to be put in context. 1. Approximately 4.84% of U.S. manufacturing falls under direct defense and…
You cannot have a great civilization without the ability to make things. That ability—manufacturing—is the foundation of power. @2112Power of @HadrianInc in @TheFP on reindustralizing America: thefp.com/p/america-wont…
🚨Tariffs up. Import prices down. Foreign producers bear the tariff burden. America enjoys the tariff revenues.
Truth: "China subsidizes manufacturing so heavily that it’s often cheaper to buy a finished CNC part from China than to buy the raw materials here. That’s wild." The longer version is a good read.
Tons of funding and excitement going into reindustrialization (which I love!) but reality is most startups default to selling to defense/aerospace (where $$ is), but these are actually already onshore by necessity...so it's more of expanding/improving capacity vs. bringing it…
The story of ‘China’s Rise’ - when the history books are written - will be a case study of greedy western businessmen, financiers and bought off intellectuals selling out their own people for a quick buck.
.@SecScottBessent: "What we need to do is examine the entire Federal Reserve institution and whether they have been successful... All of these Ph.D.s over there, I don't know what they do... This is like Universal Basic Income for academic economists."
U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer @USTradeRep gave an important speech at the Reindustrialize Summit on Friday. He is absolutely right that “the best thing for our allies across the world is for America to have a strong industrial base.” We are working hard at exactly that…