Interesting. And it looks like the exceptions are few and far between. Maybe paying slightly higher prices for the gear from companies that kept their expertise on US soil is good thing. Maybe not. >shrug<
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Decades of outsourcing manufacturing has left US industry without the means to invent the next generation of high-tech products that are key to rebuilding its economy, as noted by Garry Pisano and Willy Shih in a classic article Thus in “Restoring American Competitiveness” (Harvard Business Review, July-August 2009)
The US has lost or is on the verge of losing its ability to develop and manufacture a slew of high-tech products. Amazon’s Kindle 2 couldn’t be made in the US, even if Amazon wanted to:
The flex circuit connectors are made in China because the US supplier base migrated to Asia
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The electrophoretic display is made in Taiwan because the expertise developed from producting flat-panel LCDs migrated to Asia with semiconductor manufacturing.
The highly polished injection-molded case is made in China because the US supplier base eroded as the manufacture of toys, consumer electronics and computers migrated to China.
The wireless card is made in South Korea because that country became a center for making mobile phone components and handsets.
The controller board is made in China because US companies long ago transferred manufacture of printed circuit boards to Asia.
The Lithium polymer battery is made in China because battery development and manufacturing migrated to China along with the development and manufacture of consumer electronics and notebook computers.
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http://forbes.com/sites/stevedenning...le-in-the-usa/