. >> reporter: sandra westlund deenihan might disagree. she's the president of quality float works in schaumburg, illinois. in the past year, she's hired seven full and part-time workers, about a 30% increase in staff. deenihan says quality float works has a backlog of orders for mechanical floats into next year, after expanding sales in the middle east. she's confident she can boost sales and staffing even more, but is concerned increased government regulation could derail her plans. >> if they come down the pipeline for business, that will mean i will have to stop r&d, i will have to not make capital improvements and of course i will have to stop being able to hire people. >> reporter: both deenihan and hickey think u.s. manufacturing can regain its place on the global stage, but they think it will take innovation from manufacturers and assistance from washington. diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," bedford park, illinois. >> tom: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: earnings-- we'll see how two of the biggest initial public