New York City was once the capital of American manufacturing. In 1950, the city boasted nearly one million manufacturing jobs. By 2007 that number had dwindled to one hundred thousand. Today's manufacturers face space constraints and high real estate prices.

In this video, we follow Embee Sunshade's shifting fortunes as they face stiff foreign competition. Learn more about "Uncertain Industry," an online original project, at thirteen.org/category/local/uncertainindustry