U.S. Device Firm Reverses Trend, Ends Outsourcing To China, Taiwan
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
In a reversal of the trend, a North Carolina medical device maker is bringing home its Asian production work that has been performed in China and Taiwan. Diagnostics Devices said the move is to take place within two years, adding 100 jobs at a U.S. facility. Plants in China and Taiwan have been producing the company's Prodigy Meter. The head of Diagnostics Devices said high-tech manufacturing processes were making it possible for the company to produce its products at a lower cost in the United States with a smaller work force and elimination of shipping costs. (Click here for more