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The Government’s Industrial Strategy Will Make No Difference To Major Threats To British Industry

February 22, 2017
But nothing in the Green Paper will address either of these problems. Reshoring is back in vogue, with 1 in 6 manufacturers bringing some production back to the UK. But decades of off-shoring in pursuit of cheap labour won’t be reversed spontaneously.
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Global Collaborative Robots Market to Grow at a CAGR of 60.3% During the Period 2017 – 2021; Finds New Report

February 21, 2017
This concept is also called reshoring and maintains the balance of manufacturing activity and employment globally. Hence, there is an increased interest among small and medium scale enterprises to incorporate collaborative robots in their factory floor.
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Trump’s promise to bring back manufacturing jobs seems like a false dream

February 21, 2017
“These diverging lines — which reflect the sector’s improved productivity — highlight a huge problem with Trump’s promises to help workers by reshoring millions of manufacturing jobs,” wrote Mark Muro at Brookings, after the election. “America is …
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Unskilled and unable: Why Donald Trump’s great jobs promise is a lie

February 20, 2017
And, pre-Trump, there have been papers written about the benefits of “reshoring”, about being closer to markets and capitalising on cheap gas, currency relativities and a supposed “Made In America” mood swing. But there’s another factor mitigating against …
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Manufacturing still an option for entrepreneurs

February 20, 2017
“The U.S. business environment is demanding rapid reshoring of automated, flexible, lean and data-rich production systems, along with services to support those operations,” Felter said. From 2000 to 2010, the number of Ohioans employed in manufacturing …
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USA – Why Caterpillar stays in Illinois

February 20, 2017
Caterpillar has a “massive” investment in Illinois in both its trained workforce and the facilities needed to build these huge machines, says Harry Moser, president of the Kildeer-based Reshoring Initiative. “It would cost you billions for buildings and …
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Foxconn Chairman: Reshoring to US Not Easy

February 20, 2017
SHENZHEN – US manufacturers may encounter obstacles if they plan to return their operations to the US, Foxconn’s CEO and chairman asserted, according to published reports. Terry Gou said financial incentives are the key to selecting the best location for …
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EUnited Robotics warns against over-regulation of European robotics sector

February 20, 2017
Through raising productivity and efficiency, robotics technology rather safeguards production within Europe and even enables reshoring of production that had been shifted to low-wage countries outside Europe,” Zulauf adds. As statistical figures by the …
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Towards a New Trade Policy

February 20, 2017
The trend towards producing more with fewer workers is irreversible. However, for high-technology goods in particular, this can actually favor reshoring, as cost of labor becomes less important, while worker skills and a climate of innovation represent …
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3 Reasons to Consider Reshoring Your Manufacturing

February 20, 2017
the potential for this change is enough to make many large companies rethink their plans to offshore manufacturing and make moves to reshore instead. For instance, Intel just announced plans to invest over $7 billion to create the most advanced …
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