"The general consensus in my work was that Asia wants it more than we do. There are a lot of superfluous American manufacturers that survive based on old relationships and word-of-month, not on quality, price & innovative marketing "
The general consensus in my work(engineering on a German multinational company) is that ANYTHING that is worth something on China is made from Europeans, Americans, or Japanese people.
This multinational is going to China because you don't pay taxes for something like 5 years, minimum taxes after 10 years there and so on...
Of course, once there they steal your plans and know how(as they force you to have Chinese partners), and a Chinese company starts making exactly what you used to, with very poor quality but at half or quarter of the price(they got their knowhow free from western greediness).
The general consensus in my work(engineering on a German multinational company) is that ANYTHING that is worth something on China is made from Europeans, Americans, or Japanese people.
This multinational is going to China because you don't pay taxes for something like 5 years, minimum taxes after 10 years there and so on...
Of course, once there they steal your plans and know how(as they force you to have Chinese partners), and a Chinese company starts making exactly what you used to, with very poor quality but at half or quarter of the price(they got their knowhow free from western greediness).