Much of the equipment and production processes in America’s factories are decades old and not as efficient as modern equipment and processes in use by many of our international competitors. While some factories have been modernized, many have not. Modernizing these factories will allow them to better compete in world markets by improving product quality […]

 By David Greenfield, Media & Events Director Recommended Reading article noted that after GE brought back manufacturing of its GeoSpring water heater to the U.S. from a Chinese factory, GE was actually able to reduce the retail price of the water heater from $1,599 to $1,299. Furthermore, this lower priced U.S.-made product was of higher […]

In a presentation to the Canadian Club of Toronto last week, Bill Currie, Deloitte Canada’s vice-chair and Americas managing director; and John Ruffolo, CEO of OMERS Ventures, highlighted the key obstacles to Canada’s improved productivity, including: a culture of complacency, a lack of Canadian investment capital, a disconnect between entrepreneurs and global markets, and more. […]

This Editorial appears in the Dec. 17 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Last week’s announcement by Daimler Trucks North America that it will move production of a line of transmissions and a line of turbochargers from Germany to a plant it runs outside Detroit is […]