A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS

摘要

One of the big hurdles in the reshoring trend is recruiting new talent as jobs come back. After two decades of focus on growing the service economy while watching manufacturing move offshore, the pool of trained production workers has shrunk dramatically. Grand Rapids, Mi-based electronics manufacturing services provider Firstronic faced this challenge last year. The company had successfully competed with low-cost labor markets and brought business back onshore. Six programs ramped in 2013. Five of those involve shipping product produced in Michigan to Mexico, China, Korea, or India. The sixth program involved moving work back from China. The total incremental export business represented approximately $12 million in sales in 2013 and will represent $30 million annually in sales longer-term.