I found a story about a manufacturing company which moved its plants from China to Houston. The main rationale had to do with the number of knockoff products produced in China, with the company spending half a million dollars a month fighting counterfeit goods. His factory is also using automation to reduce the need for workers, which I foresee as the big trend in manufacturing. Automation advances coupled with decreasing relative cost per worker in the US as the dollar drops will lead to more manufacturing returning to the US since the cost per worker here will be a good deal when other variables such as quality and worker loyalty are factored in.
Well, here's a toast to one company doing the right thing. May many more follow
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