To say the American plastics jobs market is growing is a bit of an understatement. The perfect storm to jolt the plastic injection molding industry has been brewing for a quite a while. The removal of industry regulations combined with America’s economic bounce back and industry innovations has resulted in a considerable addition to plastic
LENOIR CITY, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES, — GreenLeaf Industries, a Lenoir City, TN plastic injection molding company has been active in supporting the return of manufacturing jobs (re-shoring) that have previously exited the states based on previous trends of off-shoring. To help bring awareness of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) related to off-shoring Plastic Injection
According to Cerasis, a good number of U.S manufacturers who had set up base outside the country have moved back home, a move known as reshoring. A study carried out by a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) established that 54% of companies with revenues of USD$1 billion and above are thinking about reshoring. The lure of
Recently, GreenLeaf Industries has noticed a renewed interest in companies looking to bring their plastic injection molding part production back to the U.S. after previously off-shoring production to Asia or Mexico. The Lenoir City, TN based manufacturer has been successful in re-shoring multiple projects to their factory and continue to educate prospective purchasing officers and
President-elect Donald Trump has made it known that he will “Make America Great Again”. As a family owned and operated U.S. manufacturing company, GreenLeaf Industries has been active and outspoken in the value of re-shoring work to America. We have successfully won back custom plastic injection molding work and created jobs in our hometown of
If you want to know what it takes to bring a manufacturing job back to the United States, the best place to start is with someone who’s done it. Like many manufacturers, the makers of TinkerToys and LincolnLogs shifted a lot of production to China in the late 90’s. “The savings were dramatic,” recalls Michael