Sherrill Mfg. wins 2019 National Metalworking Reshoring Award

Reshoring Initiative President Harry Moser presents the National Metalworking Reshoring Award to Greg Owens, CEO of Sherrill Mfg.

Sherrill Mfg., Sherrill, N.Y., has received the 2019 National Metalworking Reshoring Award in recognition of its success in bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. The award, given by the Reshoring Initiative, the Precision Metalforming Association, The Association For Manufacturing Technology, and the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA), honors a company that has effectively reshored products, parts, or tooling made primarily by metal forming, fabricating, casting, or machining, including additive manufacturing.

Sherrill was chosen as the award winner because its success demonstrates that it is feasible to reshore completely lost product categories, including everyday products such as flatware. When Oneida Ltd. ceased operations, all U.S. flatware production had been lost, primarily to Asia. Sherrill Mfg. took over the Oneida flatware factory, launched products under the Liberty Tabletop brand, and found a more efficient way to market those products.

“Reshoring 2010 through 2018 totaled over 450,000 jobs, about 4 percent of total U.S. manufacturing employment,” said Harry Moser, founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative. “Sherrill’s success demonstrates that large categories of work considered to have been ‘lost forever’ are eligible to be reshored. Our goal is to reshore millions more jobs.”

The Reshoring Initiative, founded in early 2010, helps manufacturers realize that local production, in some cases, reduces their total cost of ownership of purchased parts and tooling. The initiative also trains suppliers how to sell against lower priced offshore competitors.