Potential reshorers would do well to learn from fellow manufacturers that have already made the move back home. Reshoring success stories faced settling-in difficulties early in their move back home. Companies looking to follow in their path should expect the same. The challenges and how they impact manufacturing vary from one industry to another but […]

Twelve days into his job as co- chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), Anshu Jain stood beside Germany’s finance minister and in front of video images of lush forests and rolling rivers as hundreds of businessmen sang the national anthem. Jain, an Indian-born British citizen who built a career as a London-based investment […]

Shaun Rein, author of The End of Cheap China China is at a crossroads, reinventing itself from a manufacturing powerhouse to a consumer-oriented economy. Due to rising production costs and slowing overseas demand, factories are moving to higher value added production, while domestic consumption is increasing at a fast pace. In an interview with Global […]

Our editorial last Sunday urged regional cooperation in economic development. Here’s an example of what’s happening nearby in Rochelle, population 9,574 in the 2010 census, where the biggest problem is coordinating all the groundbreakings and grand openings so they don’t happen all at once: Nippon Sharyo, the Japanese passenger rail car builder, will announce plans […]