No Nonsense Brand Made in USA for 35 Years

Italian Company trusts American labor to make quality products for more than a quarter-century.

The No nonsense® brand of hosiery and intimates was first introduced in 1973 by a company known as Kayser-Roth, based in Greensboro, NC. While the company is an affiliate of Golden lady, a privately owned leg wear company headquartered in Mantover, Italy, a company spokesperson says the “majority” of No nonsense® products are made in four plants in North Carolina and Tennessee and have been for more than 35 years. They also have a design studio/showroom in New York City’s fashion district.

There a several reasons I chose to profile this company, even though it is not American-owned: I like their products and have used them since the 1970s, the products are primarily made in America by American workers and are very affordable and durable. I also like the fact the company is progressive and creates products like their bamboo socks, which are made from a highly renewable resource.

But one of the main reasons I am showcasing No nonsense® is to pose the question:

If an Italian company can make quality products in America with American workers for more than 35 years, why can’t American companies do the same? Why do so many of them have to be greedy and have their products made by slave labor in other countries?

About Kayser-Roth: the company sells No nonsense® panties, bras, pantyhose, socks, sleepwear and foot comfort products. The company also produces HUE® socks, leg wear and intimate apparel, as well as Timberland Casual Socks, Calvin Klein hosiery, PrimaSport, Burlington Hosiery and Burlington Socks, and private label programs for major retailers.

Interesting fact: In 1978, the Kayser-Roth Corporation introduced the first control top pantyhose, No nonsense Control Top.

For more information visit www.nononsense.com.

Take this Job and Ship it - by Senator Byron Dorgan

There are reasons U.S. manufacturing jobs are being sent to China ... and they are not good ones.

If you're not angry about America losing good manufacturing jobs to Asia and other countries, you will be after reading North Dakota Senator Byron L. Dorgan's book about the outsourcing of American jobs to sweatshops in foreign countries.

Take this Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America, published in 2006, examines how average Americans have been kicked out of their jobs, and how the United States is being cheated out of tax revenue by corporations and certain politicians, who are working together to squelch the American middle class for their own financial gain.

In the book, the distinguished Senator discusses trade surpluses, trade deficits, how U.S. manufacturing jobs are being converted to slave labor in China for 20 cents an hour, and how corporations hide their profits in phony tax havens in the Caymen Islands.

With all the warnings about protectionism and populism that are hurled at us by "conservatives," and those who are afraid to stand up to big business (or who profit from it), this book proves we must be loyal to our own country and our own products. There is nothing WRONG with buying American products.

Check out the book at your local library or buy it at your local bookstore or online. It is well worth the price of admission.

Is it Enough that it is American-Made?

While buying American-Made products is helpful to our economy, we also need to choose products that are environmentally safe. I will not preview companies that produce harmful products or those that are known polluters. And my goal is to give credit to those who have green initiatives and high environmental standards.

Stay tuned to learn about more great American companies.