NEMA Develops Make It American™ Certification for Electric Motors to Support U.S. Reshoring

ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) today expanded its Make It American^TM domestic content certification program to include a product specification for Electric Motors. Electric motors are present in all aspects of daily life, powering fans, pumps and compressors in appliances, computers, HVAC systems, vehicles, and manufacturing operations.

NEMA's Make It American program empowers the market to identify products and manufacturing facilities that meet best-in-class processes and standards to achieve domestic content requirements. Through rigorous third-party audits, participating companies verify that their facilities, processes, products, and supply chain management systems meet the requirements of the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act.

Today, companies can certify their facilities to NEMA's Make It American Process Standard and their products across seven categories using NEMA's BABA Product Specifications - including NEMA's BABA Product Specification for Electric Motors.

"The electroindustry is on the front lines meeting the nation's rapidly increasing energy needs and driving economic growth," said NEMA President and CEO Debra Phillips. "Our economy relies on strong domestic supply chains to drive that growth, including electric motors that underpin industrial production, grid-connected infrastructure and modern technology. Expanding NEMA's federally recognized Make It American program to include motors supports bolstered U.S. manufacturing of a technology critical to energy reliability, resilience, and security."

Electric motor systems convert approximately 50 percent of all electricity into mechanical energy for driving modern society. Electric motors are used across the economy - running HVAC systems in buildings, moving water through drinking water and wastewater facilities, supporting advanced manufacturing, powering key parts of the electric grid, and enabling electric vehicles.

Like the BABA Product Specifications for Variable Frequency Drives, Grid Management & Automation technologies, and other electrical products, the BABA Product Specification for Electric Motor Systems meets increasing U.S. market demand for the technologies at the center of the effort to meet unprecedented demand for electricity.

"ABB is excited to see NEMA's Make It American certification program recognizing the vital role electric motors play in supporting the U.S. jobs and supplying essential components for critical infrastructure," said Benjamin Hinds, Executive Vice President of Product Management at ABB. "This standard simplifies the process for customers to identify motors that meet domestic content requirements, helping strengthen U.S. manufacturing".

Both NEMA's Make It American Process Standard for facilities and NEMA's seven Product Specifications provide greater certainty and confidence to manufacturers, government agencies, and procurement officials seeking to source materials with enhanced levels of U.S.-manufactured content. To date, 10 companies have certified at least one facility to NEMA's Make It American Process Standard. Read about the program's expansion and growing list of participants, here.

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The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) represents over 300 electrical equipment manufacturers that make safe, reliable, and efficient products and technologies that power, connect, and light our world. Together, our members contribute a full 1% of U.S. GDP and directly provide over 580,000 American jobs, adding more than $330 billion to the U.S. economy. Learn more at makeitelectric.org

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