"Backshoring" returns manufacturing jobs to GA

GEORGIA: "Backshoring" returns manufacturing jobs to Georgia

The state is becoming a national example of a growing manufacturing trend -- backshoring, which is moving jobs back to the U.S. from overseas.

In the past couple of months, two companies have invested millions in the state -- NCR, which considered putting its operation overseas but chose Columbus for manufacturing instead, and Thai Union Frozen Products, which will put a Chicken of the Sea plant in Lyons.

The reasons for locating manufacturing in the U.S. include a shrinking wage gap between the United States and China, and concerns about quality control in the Chinese manufacturing industry. Transportation plays a role as well.

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