WASHINGTON — The chief executives of America's foundering automobile manufacturers returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday and found themselves confronting years of pent-up anger, the harsh politics of a recession and the realization that even their strongest supporters might not be able to muster the votes to save them.
Reality check: Manufacturers returning to U.S. may mean jobs for robots, not people.
We're about to see a surge in large manufacturers returning production to the U.S. from offshore.
At the height of the Asian financial crisis in 1998, Scott Fedje, an art director for a Fortune 500 apparel manufacturer, returned to his company's headquarters in the northwestern United States from a five-year stint in Hong Kong.
A can could come off a supermarket shelf one day and travel to the consumer's kitchen, the recycling bin, the smelter and then the can manufacturer, returning to the supermarket in 45 to 60 days, he said.
Petty Enterprises' tentative plan, after it signed a deal with Dodge to drive two of its cars when the manufacturer returns to Winston Cup Series racing next season, was to have Adam Petty drive one of them and try to win the rookie of the year award.
He has been linked with roles running Honda's new F1 programme when the Japanese manufacturer returns to the sport in 2015 as engine partner to McLaren, as well as to a position with governing body the FIA.
Conservation Grade is working with farmers and food manufacturers to return wildflowers, bees and other creatures that depend on them.
By the terms of that contract, manufacturers, in return for the risks of developing new drugs, receive a 20-year monopoly to sell them in some nations at whatever prices they choose.
When Europe adopts the Euro 6 standard in 2012, the emissions rules of all the developed markets will at last have converged, giving global manufacturers a return on years of expensive development and ending the need for a multiplicity of engine platforms.Another positive sign is the emphasis on infrastructure spending in many of the national fiscal stimulus packages.
