The Manufacturing Report

American Giant Championed U.S. Manufacturing. Now It's Defending America's Healthcare Workers.

Episode Summary

Since its founding in 2012, American Giant has made valuing people over profits a core principle. This philosophy has guided the apparel company as it committed to making its clothing completely in the United States. Now, as America is besieged by the coronavirus crisis, American Giant is stepping up yet again. The company has dropped all of its apparel manufacturing to sew over one million masks every week in its North Carolina facility. But American Giant CEO Bayard Winthrop sees a larger crisis in the global supply chain. Photo courtesy of American Giant

Episode Notes

Since its founding in 2012, American Giant has made valuing people over profits a core principle. This philosophy has guided the apparel company as it committed to making its clothing completely in the United States. Now, as America is besieged by the coronavirus crisis, American Giant is stepping up yet again. The company has dropped all of its apparel manufacturing to sew over one million masks every week in its North Carolina facility. But American Giant CEO Bayard Winthrop sees a larger crisis in the global supply chain.

Photo courtesy of American Giant