Tuesday, January 09, 2018
Milwaukee Tool is Expanding US Manufacturing
Pro Tool Reviews: One of the most consistent nuggets of feedback we receive is about the amount of manufacturing that takes place in China. Businesses have to be profitable and prices have to be reasonable enough for Pros to buy. That combination leads to the global market and manufacturing where it makes the most sense. But today we’re talking about our friends from Wisconsin and the big news that Milwaukee Tool is expanding US manufacturing.
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I’m not as familiar with the abilities of Milwaukee tools. I see them all the time on my almost regular trips (sometimes more than once a day) to the hardware store but I’ve never actually bought one of their products. It’s great to see manufacturing jobs return to or stay in the US. It’s true that yes, it costs more to build something in the states. A lot of that has to do with the fact that China is central to the global trade markets, meaning that it is cheaper for them to get the parts sent in than it would be for a company here in the states. Business will always argue against unions and wage increases as a reason why they ship jobs overseas, but the reality is that the cost to manufacture is higher because we have less companies here in this country making the parts that are needed for the items that other companies make. Also true is that companies in china pay their workers low wages and work them long hours, something that doesn’t happen here in this country. If cell phone parts companies all had plants in the U.S., then yes Apple could manufacture a cheaper iPhone, but they don’t. The article is brief but hits home a point, the company cares not just about it’s product, but about the people and places where the product is made.
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