Jimmy Mathews

Founder and CEO @AOSwag_ | Leadership, Strategy

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

Exciting times ahead for @AOSwag_ ! 🚀 Our focus on reinvesting profits into cutting-edge technology and sourcing unique products means our growth in the next 5 years will be phenomenal. Reinvesting your business profit is fuel for a 10x growth.

If this resonates with you, I'd love to start a conversation! How has reinvesting worked for your business? #Reinvesting #Growth

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

@AnheuserBusch InBev is putting $600M into its American manufacturing footprint across 2025–2026.

What started as a $300M investment for 2025 has now been expanded, signaling a deeper commitment to scaling production inside the U.S.

This means a broader industrial shift taking shape inside American brewing:
• Modernization of U.S. breweries and packaging lines
• Upgrades to technology systems across facilities
• Expanded production capacity for brands like Michelob ULTRA

But the most structural move is in people:
• 15 technical skills training centers will be opened across U.S. sites
• More than 90% of its manufacturing workforce is expected to be upskilled over the next 5 years

This type of sustained investment in manufacturing capacity and workforce development is also expected to emerge across other industries as firms adjust production strategies and strengthen domestic capabilities.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

@Siemens is committing $1B to American manufacturing over 5 years

The company is expanding and building new industrial sites across states like:
- Texas
- North Carolina
- California
- Illinois
- Pennsylvania

As a result, more than 2,200 manufacturing jobs are expected to be created by 2028 spanning engineering, skilled trades, logistics, and advanced production roles.

The footprint already includes 25 manufacturing sites and 16,000+ U.S. suppliers, many of them small and mid-sized businesses tied into regional supply chains.

This is what reindustrialization looks like in practice: capital flowing into the industrial base that supports the next wave of technology manufacturing.

[Kaia Rhodes @kaiarhodes]

To reindustrialize, we must first understand our history.

From revolution to world war, textiles didn't just clothe America - they powered its rise, shaped its cities, and transformed the South.

Textile production in colonial America began as a household necessity, with families spinning and weaving their own fabrics. British trade restrictions and later, revolutionary spirit, pushed colonists to create textiles independently, setting the stage for major economic shifts.

The Industrial Revolution brought mechanized mills, and Southern states like North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia became the backbone of American textile production, turning local cotton into global goods, employing generations of workers.

Wartime made textiles even more crucial: cloth for uniforms, blankets, tents, and parachutes kept soldiers equipped and the country united. Mill towns worked around the clock, especially in the South, where Atlanta's Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill became a symbol of industrial resilience.

President Lyndon B. Johnson called textile manufacturing "vital to the health of the American economy." At its peak, over 2.2 million Americans worked in textile and apparel.

Then we offshored it all. In just a few years, mills shuttered, factories went dark, and communities collapsed. What took generations to build disappeared virtually overnight.

Now we’re bringing it back. Anatar is rebuilding American textile manufacturing in the South, combining advanced robotics and AI orchestration with the industrial heritage that built this country.

We chose America. America chooses Anatar.

Pictured: Textile mill working all night, 1941, Mass.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

CFDA and Ralph Lauren Corporation are backing a $2M plus push to reshape American fashion manufacturing.

The effort builds on more than a decade of investment in American production, expanding CFDA’s Fashion Manufacturing Initiative, which has already supported 54 factories and helped over 2,000 jobs.

The strategy scales in two layers:
1️⃣ New York City’s Garment District
Two rounds of funding go to local designers and factories to buy better equipment, scale production, and keep clothing manufacturing in NY.

2️⃣ American Fashion Manufacturing Fund
Expands nationwide. It uses an 80% matching grant model, where the fund covers most of the cost while companies fund the remaining 20%, tying public support to private investment.

Overall, this is a structured effort to rebuild and modernize U.S. fashion manufacturing by funding factories, upgrading equipment, and strengthening the workforce through targeted grants and co-investment.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

What if the future of textiles depends less on producing more materials and more on reusing the ones we already have?

That’s part of the idea behind the finalists for Vogue’s 2026 Trailblazer Award.

Instead of focusing only on producing new textiles, these companies are redesigning different parts of the supply chain itself:
Synflux
🔹Uses AI and software to reduce fabric waste by optimizing how textile patterns are cut during production.
MacroCycle
🔹 Developed a process that recycles polyester textiles back into usable material while using less energy and operating at smaller scales.
Fibe
🔹 Turns agricultural waste into textile fibers, creating an alternative source of raw material for fabric production.

These technologies could shape a more efficient textile industry with lower waste and more flexible material sourcing.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

One of the clearest signs of American reindustrialization is happening in advanced materials manufacturing:

General Atomics and Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently signed an agreement to advance U.S. manufacturing of ceramic matrix composites for extreme environments.

These are the materials behind next-generation hypersonics, advanced nuclear systems, aerospace platforms, fusion energy, and defense technologies because they can survive extreme heat, radiation, corrosion, and mechanical stress.

This market is projected to surpass $150B this decade, and the strategic importance of domestic production capacity is only growing.

What makes this partnership important is that it targets the underlying manufacturing capability itself:
• process efficiency and energy utilization.
• manufacturing throughput.
• scalable production of advanced materials.

These are capabilities that take years to develop and are difficult to replace once lost.

Future industries will depend on the ability to produce and scale these materials domestically.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

USFibers just secured a strategic investment to expand its recycled fiber manufacturing capabilities in America.

This shows investors are paying attention to:
• Recycled materials
• Domestic manufacturing
• Industrial textiles
• Stronger supply chains

At a broader level, the world consumes around 106 billion tons of materials annually, but only 6.9% comes from recycled sources.

This highlights a major gap and a clear opportunity to scale recycled materials across global manufacturing.

Every ton of recycled fiber used domestically is another step closer to reindustrializing America.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

@wangsheng010 Well said! 👏👏

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

@ThaaatColin Go @kaiarhodes !! 💪🇺🇸

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

This is how @createme, @UNTUCKit, and Supima are building what could become a new blueprint for apparel manufacturing in America:

Most apparel manufacturing still depends heavily on traditional sewing operations and overseas labor.

These companies are testing a different model:
- Digitally bonded garments
- Robotics-based assembly
- Automation-driven production
- American-grown cotton

Additionally, they are preparing to scale production to up to 50,000 bonded T-shirts per year starting in Q3 2026.

This is a great step considering that CreateMe alone already holds more than 95 patents across robotics, adhesives, and automation technologies focused on apparel manufacturing.

Reindustrialization inside the American apparel industry will likely depend on exactly this kind of collaboration between manufacturing, technology, and materials companies.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

Imagine a future where autonomous drones support industrial and emergency-response operations 24/7.

From infrastructure monitoring to aerial inspections and even law enforcement response. That’s the future @SkydioHQ is building with a $3.5B commitment to expand American manufacturing and strengthen global drone leadership.

Seeing what Skydio is building makes it clear how close we are to a future where autonomous drones become part of everyday operations across our cities, infrastructure, and industries.

Really exciting.

[Molly O’Shea @MollySOShea]

BREAKING: Skydio Commits $3.5 Billion to Expand U.S. Manufacturing & Secure American Drone Leadership

Welcome to Dronesville, U.S.A.

FULL HQ TOUR with Skydio CEO @adampbry

On the @SkydioHQ tour:
- Rooftop dock array (drones as cloud infrastructure)
- DFR Command, flown live
- The "wind wall" stress-testing hardware 24/7
- R10, the new indoor tactical drone
- F10, a fixed-wing thrown & caught by a robotic arm
- X10 water rescue demo with auto-inflating rest tube

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒
(00:00) A flight every 30 seconds
(00:57) Rooftop docks
(03:26) Tour roadmap
(04:42) Adam's RC airplane origin story
(06:10) Flying a dock drone, live
(10:04) The "force multiplier" moment
(12:16) Multi-drone operations
(14:17) Unarmed sensor platforms & the China context
(15:29) Why community acceptance surprised Adam
(19:31) The wind wall
(20:40) R10, built for indoor tactical
(23:30) Flying R10 through a barricaded-suspect scenario
(27:30) Reading oil & gas gauges with a drone
(29:26) F10, the fixed-wing caught by a robotic arm
(30:40) X10 water rescue demo

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

This highlights how critical supply chain transparency and consistent chemical standards are becoming in the apparel industry. It also strengthens the broader case for reshoring apparel manufacturing as a way to improve traceability, compliance, and quality control through more direct oversight.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

@RealPNavarro @rc_markets These are just early signs of a much longer transformation. Most people will focus on immediate results, but rebuilding industrial capacity takes years of investment, learning, and consistency. This is great news for American manufacturers.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

@SteveForbesCEO It's happening but it'll take time. Investment and reshoring are important signals that long-term industrial recovery is underway. Hopefully more people will continue joining efforts to accelerate it.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

@benjamingedan True, industrial resilience starts with stronger domestic supply chains. More factories are a great step, but they're only the beginning.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

@kaiarhodes Congrats @kaiarhodes and @anatar on this exciting milestone. It's exciting to see the demand for reshoring and domestic apparel manufacturing growing.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

@RealPNavarro @dcexaminer Great read! The textile industry is a key pillar of domestic manufacturing, industrial capability, and economic durability. Thanks for sharing!

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

@katie_haun Exciting to see continued investment in the infrastructure shaping the next economy. Stronger digital systems can unlock new efficiencies across supply chains and manufacturing.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

A new chapter is emerging for American fashion supply chains.

Why?
Because the global sourcing model is becoming harder to predict and more expensive to manage.

95% of executives said tariffs were the biggest supply chain disruptor of 2025, driving supplier diversification, production relocation, and reshoring discussions.

At the same time, climate instability is intensifying:
🔹2025 was named one of the hottest years on record, increasing operational pressure across major apparel-producing regions through extreme heat, factory safety risks, and raw material disruption.
🔹Floodings in India and Pakistan reached its worst levels in 30 years, damaging cotton production and disrupting sourcing regions.

This is pushing brands to prioritize stability and resilience over lowest-cost manufacturing.

That creates an opportunity for America to strengthen advanced manufacturing, smarter sourcing strategies, and more resilient supply chain infrastructure built for long-term competitiveness.

[Jimmy Mathews @MathewsJimmy]

The U.S. industrial sector is splitting into two completely different economies.

On one side, traditional construction is slowing down:
- Housing is down ~7% YoY
- Large commercial construction is in a long downturn
- A cooling labor market and lower contractor confidence

On the other side, high-tech industrial demand is accelerating:
- Data centers, power systems, and infrastructure are growing fast
- Hyperscalers are spending ~$600B annually on AI
- Public infrastructure spending continues on the rise

What makes this divergence notable is that both sit under the same “industrial” label, but are being driven by very different demand forces:

One remains tied to traditional construction cycles, while the other is increasingly linked to long-duration infrastructure and technology.

The result is a growing gap in performance within the same sector, driven more by geopolitical challenges than by demand and offer.