Joel Kotkin, a Forbes contributor, explains why manufacturing matters to the United States. In his post: America’s New Industrial Boomtowns Joel describes how the new face of manufacturing will involve traditional methods, but some will involve newer ways of designing and building. O’Neal certainly is involved in helping domestic and international firms in planning, design and constructing their manufacturing facilities.
Kotlin cites the South as a hotbed of capital investment in manufacturing plants. He specifically cites the growth of South Carolina and Tennessee as indicators of this growing trend. Since 2010 the U.S. has added 647,000 manufacturing jobs. There are certainly indications that manufacturing growing in the U.S.
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