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New plants in the United States.

Publication: Manufacturing & Technology News
Publication Date: 30-SEP-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: New plants in the United States.(New Factories Opening, Old Factories Closing)

Article Excerpt
Diagnostic Devices of Charlotte, N.C., has transferred production of its blood glucose monitoring system back to the United States from China. The company is relocating up to 200 jobs to Charlotte, N.C., after having operated its manufacturing operations in China for the past 18 years.

By implementing leading-edge automation and robotics manufacturing systems, the company was able to reduce costs by 40 percent. Moving its manufacturing back to the United States also allowed it to have better control of its intellectual property. Said Michael Richarme, vice president of Decision Analyst Inc.: "Robotics-based manufacturing in a company generally consists of a small number of highly trained and skilled knowledge workers supervising and directing sophisticated computer networks. The trend of the past few decades of chasing cheap assembly labor around the...

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