{"id":33089,"date":"2025-04-19T13:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T13:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/33089\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T13:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T13:56:12","slug":"the-us-companies-proving-trumps-tariffs-could-bring-middle-america-roaring-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/33089\/","title":{"rendered":"The US companies proving Trump’s tariffs could bring Middle America roaring back"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ALICE WRIGHT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 13:50 EDT, 18 April 2025 | Updated: 13:50 EDT, 18 April 2025 <\/p>\n

A handful of small US companies are benefiting from President Trump’s aggressive tariff policies.<\/p>\n

Most businesses are grappling with higher costs and scrambling to find new suppliers in the wake of Trump’s wide-reaching tariffs on imports.<\/p>\n

But a metals producer in Pennsylvania has seen a 35 percent sales boost in the first quarter of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, an advertising and marketing firm in Missouri has reported an even larger 40 percent bump in revenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ellwood Group, which makes forged steel, nickel and aluminum products, has seen\u00a0 orders surge as large construction projects look for alternatives to previously cheaper Asian steel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on all steel and aluminum imports in March.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Customers want to get ahead of the tariffs,’ David Barensfeld, chairman of Ellwood, told the Wall Street Journal<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘They are diversifying, reshoring because they want to derisk foreign supply chains.’<\/p>\n

\"Ellwood <\/p>\n

Ellwood Group\u00a0has seen a 35 percent sales boost in the first quarter of the year.<\/p>\n

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David Barensfeld, chairman of Ellwood<\/p>\n

The uptick in demand has led the company to add 50 more workers to its staff of 2,000 \u2014 with plans to hire another 50 soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ellwood is also forecasting higher profit-sharing payouts for current employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The chaos of Trump’s initial announcements sent the stock market plunging and businesses reeling.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

However, the 90-day pause to most tariffs<\/a> above ten percent provided relief as well as increased uncertainty for businesses. XXXX Is that increased uncertainty\u00a0<\/p>\n

Big Time Advertising & Marketing in St Louis, Missouri is another business that has seen an unexpected boost from the tariffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The agency, which specializes in work for new and used car dealers, has seen its revenue jump 40 percent this year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Its clients are asking the agency to make campaigns that appeal to buyers spooked by tariffs and the overall economic uncertainty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Our phones are already ringing off the hook. “How much should I spend? How should I change my messaging?”‘ the agency’s CEO\u00a0Terry MacCauley told the Journal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Big <\/p>\n

Big Time Advertising & Marketing in St Louis\u00a0has seen its revenue jump 40 percent this year<\/p>\n

‘As prices go up and buyers become more hesitant, our jobs become more important,’ he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As well as its existing clients the company has signed on five new clients in the last month alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MacCauley said he has plans to hire more staff but wants to be sure the surge in business will last.<\/p>\n

‘I still have one foot on the dock and one foot on the boat, ready to sail,’ he said.<\/p>\n

The capriciousness of Trump’s policy changes mean businesses are unable to plan with certainty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Formic Technologies, a robot rental startup, told the Journal its business has jumped in recent months as US manufacturers try to increase capacity without making long-term commitments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If the manufacturers business dips again they can simply return the robots.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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