LOS ANGELES, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Made in the USA Foundation has announced 60 nominees for 20 awards for the Made in the USA Hall of Fame. The massive U.S. balance of payments deficit is caused by the importation of three types of products: oil, automobiles and Chinese manufactured goods. The Foundation has addressed these three areas in its 2012 nominees.
This year's nominees feature energy-efficient vehicles, electric cars, electric motorcycles and solar panels. These categories were chosen because the importation of oil, and energy self-sufficiency, are the largest problems that America faces.
The United States leads the world in software and for the first time the Hall of Fame will include a software category. In 2011, the world experienced uprisings in many countries that would not have been possible without American software from Google, Facebook and Twitter, our three nominees in the software category.
Stereo equipment, bicycles, lighting, bathing suits, hand tools, toys and eyeglasses have been dominated by foreign, and particularly Chinese, producers. For this reason, we are featuring companies that make all of these products in the United States.
We also have started a new award to welcome home companies who are bringing production back to the United States: General Electric, Master Lock and Lincolnton Furniture.
Winners will be announced July 2, 2012 at the Made in the USA Hall of Fame Awards Dinner in Santa Monica, California. Tickets to the event are available. For more information or for tickets, call 310-MADE-USA or email Chairman@MadeUSAFdn.org.
2012 Made in the USA Hall of Fame Nominees | |
Nominee | Category |
Knoll | Office Furniture |
Steelcase | Office Furniture |
Herman Miller | Office Furniture |
T. Patterson | Surfboards |
Infinity | Surfboards |
Channel Islands | Surfboards |
Ford Focus EV | Electric Auto |
Chevy Volt | Electric Auto |
Tesla Sedan | Electric Auto |
Zero Motorcycles | Electric Motorcycle |
Current Motor Company | Electric Motorcycle |
MotoCzysz | Electric Motorcycle |
Viking | Gas Ranges/Cooktops |
Wolf | Gas Ranges/Cooktops |
Dacor | Gas Ranges/Cooktops |
Armstrong | Hand Tools |
Lenox | Hand Tools |
Klein | Hand Tools |
Tito's Vodka | Vodka |
Smirnoff's | Vodka |
Skyy | Vodka |
Grado Labs | Stereo Equipment |
McIntosh Amplifiers | Stereo Equipment |
Martin Logan | Stereo Equipment |
Saxum Vineyards | Wine |
Joseph Phelps Vineyards | Wine |
Beaulieu Vineyard | Wine |
Sciabica | Olive Oil |
California Olive Ranch | Olive Oil |
Katz | Olive Oil |
First Solar | Solar Panels |
Solar World | Solar Panels |
Helios Solar | Solar Panels |
Software | |
Software | |
Software | |
Seven Cycles | Bicycles |
Worksman Bicycles | Bicycles |
Serotta Competition | Bicycles |
Kala Eyewear | Eyeglasses |
Shuron Optical | Eyeglasses |
Artcraft | Eyeglasses |
Chevy Cruze | Economy Cars |
Ford Focus | Economy Cars |
Dodge Dart | Economy Cars |
Boyd Lighting | Lighting |
Nessen Lighting | Lighting |
Cedric Hartman | Lighting |
Poof-Slinky | Toys |
Tag Toys | Toys |
Zometool | Toys |
Marin French Cheese Co. | Cheese |
Sartori Foods | Cheese |
Crowley Cheese | Cheese |
General Electric | Welcome Back |
Master Lock | Welcome Back |
Lincolnton Furniture | Welcome Back |
Sauvage Swimwear | Swimwear |
Letarte Swimwear | Swimwear |
Blue Sky Swimwear | Swimwear |
SOURCE Made in the USA Foundation
