{"id":4597,"date":"2016-08-11T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/?p=4597"},"modified":"2016-08-08T15:04:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T19:04:01","slug":"why-does-made-in-the-usa-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/blog\/why-does-made-in-the-usa-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Made in the USA Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forget the tug-on-the-heartstrings when you see the American flag flying against a clear blue sky or fireworks celebrations on the 4th of July. Putting emotions aside, why should it matter to you that Mansfield Plumbing products are Made in America? Here are three great reasons:<\/p>\n

\"Terry<\/a><\/p>\n

#1<\/strong> – Fast product delivery<\/u>. Some plumbing manufacturers ship their products in from China and other countries. The vast majority of our products are made in Ohio and Texas; and they’re available for fast delivery (usually within 7 days to your distributor) when you need them.<\/p>\n

#2<\/strong> – The economy<\/u>. We employ almost 700 Americans, pay taxes, contribute to our local communities and support our vendors who supply us with materials.<\/p>\n

#3<\/strong> – The environment<\/u>. Because we don’t have to ship in products from half way around the world, our products have a lower carbon footprint. Plus, we recycle 20.3 million pounds of fired scrap, spent plaster molds, cardboard, cartons, paper, wooden pallets and plastic every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forget the tug-on-the-heartstrings when you see the American flag flying against a clear blue sky or fireworks celebrations on the 4th of July. Putting emotions aside, why should it matter to you that Mansfield Plumbing products are Made in America? Here are three great reasons: #1 – Fast product delivery. Some plumbing manufacturers ship their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-made-in-the-usa","category-mansfield-plumbing"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4600,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597\/revisions\/4600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}