KOPIN TAN JANUARY 2013 Cheap natural gas and increasingly competitive labor costs are bringing factories and jobs back to the U.S. Eight ways to win. As the only industrialized superpower not decimated by World War II, the United States once made nearly 40% of the planet’s goods. These days, that number has shrunk to 18%. […]
Mike Troy The first indication that something big was brewing with Walmart on the domestic sourcing front came last week. That’s when Walmart announced internally at that SVP of home, Michelle Gloeckler, would assume additional responsibilities for a new U.S. sourcing and manufacturing initiative. Reporting to Gloeckler is Greg […]
JANUARY 26, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has listed a Silicon Valley facility as a location where the California company’s Macintosh computers are assembled. The addition to Apple’s list of final assembly plants came less than two months after chief executive Tim Cook vowed to shift some computer manufacturing from China to the United States to catalyze domestic high-tech […]
Tim Culpan & Adam SatarianoJanuary 25, 2013 Apple Inc. said a Chinese labor agent forged documents on behalf of underage workers as the world’s most-valuable technology company seeks to improve conditions at suppliers making iPhones, iPads and Macs. The electronics company also stopped doing business with a manufacturer that employed 74 people younger […]
In designated “clean” areas, employees will have to don anti-static “bunny-suits.” These three workers are assembling the camera module for Apple’s iPad in a factory in China. (Karson Yiu/ABC News) JOANNA STERNJanuary 25, 2013 Apple has stopped doing business with a Chinese manufacturer after a report said it had employed 74 underage workers. […]
Linda MayerPresident and CEO SCHOTT North America, Inc.January, 2013 In interviews with both Businessweek and NBC last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that, starting in 2013, Apple will begin manufacturing some Macs in the U.S. Cook notes that Apple will invest more than $100 million to bring some of its manufacturing back to the U.S. […]
This illustration is by Paul Lachine and comes from NewsArt.com, and is the property of the NewsArt organization and of its artist. Reproducing this image is a violation of copyright law. James Manyika & Martin N. BailyJanuary, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC – Once upon a time, ambitious young people with a knack for […]
Rancourt & Co.’s American-made shoes have hit it big as a result of national concern over American jobs, says Kyle Rancourt, who owns the company with this father Mike. (Photo: Rancourt & Co.) Oliver St. John January 21, 2013 It’s becoming downright American to make stuff in America. Small manufacturers, craftsmen and retailers are […]
Jan 19th 2013 THE WEST HAS become so obsessed with losing vast numbers of jobs to globalisation that its anxiety is now the butt of jokes. The Onion, a satirical website, recently reported that parents are outsourcing child care to India and Sri Lanka, using cardboard boxes to ship their offspring across […]
A US Federal Aviation Administration technical advisor inspects a Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane. Photo: Reuters January 18, 2013 Boeing’s woes with its new 787, grounded worldwide after a series of incidents, shine the spotlight on its bold but risky strategy to source parts for the innovative aircraft from scores of plants […]
