There are a lot of ideas floating around Washington these days regarding the health and importance of U.S. manufacturing and what should be done about it.
BEIJING—A television reporter for ABC News was granted unrestricted access to Foxconn’s assembly lines. The contract manufacturer, which counts Apple and Dell among its customers, has faced scrutiny over working conditions at its factories.
NEWARK, NJ—U.S containerized exports in 2011 grew 6 percent over 2010 volumes, advancing to a new record annual total of 11.9 million 20-foot-equivalent units.
Last September, Otis Elevator Co. announced that it was moving production from its factory in Nogales, Mexico, to a new, $40 million assembly plant in Florence, SC.
AURORA, IL—Intellectual property theft has forced a manufacturer of audiovisual mounts here to reshore production just two years after moving it to China.
When President Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley’s top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president. But as Steve Jobs spoke, Obama interrupted with an inquiry of his own: What would it take to make iPhones in the United States?
