Saturday, November 05, 2005
Manufacturing is shifting. Here's a good insight from Georgia.
"Georgia is still very much a manufacturing state, but it's just that the state of manufacturing has changed so much it looks a lot different than it used to look. Thirty to 40 years ago, the companies we recruited to Georgia, we recruited from the Northeast. We told them we had cheap land and cheap labor."
The core Georgia manufacturers now are "innovation-led manufacturers. It's the type of stuff that you don't offshore. It can only be done here and often in cooperation with universities and (research and development) labs." Read more.
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The shifting character of manufacturing in Georgia
