‘Reshoring’ aims to bring the jobs home – Cincinnati.com

“Their idea was, it was good enough,” she said. As a small business, Pease said she couldn’t afford to hire someone in China to oversee production.

Long-Stanton, which has operations here and in China, was able to find the components Pease wanted for the Brisker, including the brushed stainless metal for the finish. It also was able to handle the stamping and final assembly and helped secure the stamping dies from the Chinese manufacturer.

Pease said Long-Stanton has exceeded her expectations.

“I’m ecstatic,” she said. “ I’m confident in my manufacturer again.”

Dan Cunningham, president of 150-year-old Long-Stanton, said his company has enjoyed working with Pease. “She’s a marketing dynamo,” he said.

This isn’t his company’s first experience with small appliances. It produced the “Easy Bake Oven” for Kenner Products more than 40 years ago.

Moser, a retired machine tool executive, will lead a free seminar on reshoring this morning at TechSolve in Bond Hill. He said rising fuel, labor and other costs overseas are causing U.S. companies to take a second look at domestic production.

In a study last year, the Boston Consulting Group concluded that within five years the total cost of producing many items here will only be 10 to 15 percent more than in Chinese coastal cities due to rising wages, shipping costs and Chinese real estate.

It estimated reshoring could generate 1 million manufacturing jobs in the United States and another 3 million support jobs over the next several years.

Three to five years ago, companies frequently cited the need to find the “low-cost alternative” – code for moving production overseas, said Tom Kachovec, vice president at Long-Stanton.

‘We’re not hearing that as much now,” he said.

“Reshoring is an important trend in global manufacturing, and many of our companies are well aware of it,” said Gary Conley, TechSolve president.

He cites Batavia-based Freeman Schawbe Machinery, a supplier of sophisticated hydraulic presses and cutting systems. It reshored operations from Taiwan in 2009 and has since added 17 jobs, improved quality control and delivery and reduced warranty costs by 90 percent.