Google's recent release of the Nexus Q multi-media device has an interesting message inscribed on it: "Designed and Manufactured in the U.S.A."
Economic predictions abound as rising costs of labor in China and other popular outsourcing locations cause companies to look at the possibilities of moving manufacturing plants back home.
Author Howard L. Sirkin of the Boston Consulting Group wrote: "A surprising amount of work that rushed to China over the past decade could soon start to come back... and the economic impact could be significant. We're on record predicting a U.S. manufacturing renaissance starting by around 2015."
According to Andy Rubin, Google's Vice President of their Android OS, "We've been absent for so long, we decided: Why don't we try (U.S. manufacturing) and see what happens?"
The Nexus Q has been said by Google to be "the world's first social streaming player," and can interface with countless devices in your home. From smart-phones and tablets, to TV's and computers, the Nexus Q can communicate with them all.
While the exact location of this US factory is unknown, it is reported to be near Google's headquarters of Mountain View, California. The New York Times indicated that what seemed to be hundreds of employees were working at the factory, creating rare thing: a mass produced electronic device, completely assembled in the United States.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/28/tech/mobile/google-nexus-q-usa/index.html
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