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From workshop to world

What America makes.

The things. The people. The places. A living catalog of American making—from small workshops to big industry.

A skillet, a ship, a guitar, a machine tool. We want to show how each one comes to life and where the work actually happens.

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The build watch.

Follow the next wave of American industry, project by project.

Featured announcement · Iowa · September 28, 2026

A $15 billion steel plan for Iowa.

Mesabi Metallics plans a major new steel mill in Iowa. First production is targeted for 2030, with an initial capacity of 7.5 million tons a year.

Steel · $15 billion planned investment · 2030 production target
Also announced · Arkansas · September 21, 2026

Hanwha’s Pine Bluff campus.

Hanwha Defense USA plans a $2.2 billion munitions manufacturing campus at Pine Bluff Arsenal, focused on 155mm propellant charges and base bleed units.

Defense manufacturing · $2.2 billion planned investment
Nippon Steel + U.S. Steel · November 4, 2025

A $14 billion growth plan for American steel.

U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel are advancing a roughly $14 billion U.S. growth plan, with $11 billion targeted by the end of 2028. Projects include modernizing Gary Works in Indiana and upgrading Mon Valley Works in Pennsylvania.

Steel · Multistate investment · $11 billion by 2028
Made somewhere

America, at work.

From the foundry to the factory floor. Find a plant. See what it makes.

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The catalog

An entire country at work.

Six doors into American making. The makers and their stories come next.

01 / Metal

Tools & machines

Foundries, fabricators, machine shops, precision tools.

02 / Material

Textile & thread

Mills, cut-and-sew shops, workwear, technical fabrics.

03 / Fired

Glass & ceramics

From everyday tableware to specialty materials.

04 / Built

Ships & flight

Shipyards, aircraft, components, and the people behind them.

05 / Grown

Food & drink

What’s grown, processed, packed, and made here.

06 / Crafted

Home & sound

Furniture, instruments, workshops, and enduring trades.

Beyond the label

Show the making.

A maker’s page should feel like a visit: what they make, the materials they use, the work that transforms them, the people doing it, and the place you can point to on a map.

01The thing
02The material
03The hands
04The process
05The place
Field stories · in development

Go inside the work.

These are the stories we want to tell when we can get inside the places that make them.

Heat / form / finish

From molten iron to a skillet.

Follow the pan from furnace to mold to the table.

Build / launch

A ship takes shape.

Meet the people and trades that bring a hull to water.

Hands / tools

Inside the working shop.

The tools, the craft, and the place behind an object.