Manufacturing 2.0
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October 23rd, 2009 at 05:00pm Bob Trojan
“We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there.” — Charles F. Kettering
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6 Comments Add your own
1. Jim Phelps | October 23rd, 2009 at 5:57 pm
One simple thing the U.S. could do to prevent shortages/price increase on raw materials is to put a moratorium on export of scrap steel/aluminum/titanium, ect.
This has been a successful model for Russia.
We could also exploit advantages is raw materials by buying up mines & oil/natural sources and put them into a “strategic reserve” like China is doing.
Let the WTO debate that…
2. Bob Trojan | October 23rd, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Problem here, Jim, is that China is a Communist, government run country. So we can’t always compare the two economies. Kinda like, can’t have your cake and eat it too!
Profits to them is not the issue like it would be in the USA.
It’s what’s called a “level playing field”
3. butch north | October 23rd, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Please put a stop to thee free trade agreements. That was the excuse to send our GOOD paying jobs to other countries. I do agree that shipping our raw to other countries materials must stop. Then, putting an end to the greed of executives, would do wonders for our country. I do not believe that WALL STREET cares about our nation, though. GREED is the only motive that they have.
4. Al | October 24th, 2009 at 8:56 am
With the unemployment rate at 16% here I think we need to find other ways of making money other than manufacturing car parts. Lets be more diverse and get away from the old way of thinking. I have worked in a few machine shops in the area and I can totally understand why they have problems. 1 They are top heavy 2 They continue to do the same thing over and over expecting different results and 3rd they have the same people managing the shops that they did 20 years ago so where is the change.
5. bob trojan | October 24th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Al: You may be aware that around 80 local manufacturing companies are involved with the aerospace industry. The EDC is heavily promoting this cluster to the world including the recent Paris Air Show and the planned Show in England next year. I think our dependence on the auto industry is less than reality.
One weakness I see is the reluctance of many small/medium companies to get into the export business.
6. Jim Phelps | October 24th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
@ Bob: No one at the WTO seems to mind our “strategic petroleum reserves.”
Secondly, China is also buying mines shares of smaller mines just over the border in Canada. We could do that too, if we used our soveriegn wealth for that, or what little is left of that…
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