May 3, 2024
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) – ABB is expanding its main US robot factory as its customers there in the automotive, packaging and machinery industries confront a tight labour market as they bring production back home. The Swiss engineering company, which competes with Japan’s FANUC and Germany’s Kuka, is spending $20 million boosting capacity at […]
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April 30, 2024
The US market is increasingly favouring goods manufactured closer to home, particularly in North America, while reducing its reliance on goods from Asian low-cost country regions (LCCRs), according to the 2024 Kearney Reshoring Index. This shift underscores a strategic pivot in US import patterns, influenced by ongoing industrial reshoring and nearshoring initiatives. US imports from […]
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