US innovation, foreign manufacturing: One company’s dilemma
SEP 16, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024678
Washington Post : The Florida-based Lighting Science Group designs and makes lightbulbs that use light-emitting devices. In a news feature, the Washington Post‘s Peter Whoriskey reports on pros and cons that the company’s boss Fred Maxik must weigh as he decides where to manufacture his products: inside or outside the US. Although the US provides incentives to manufacturers in the form of federal grants and local tax breaks, the incentives that Mexico, China, and other countries provide are more generous and easier to obtain.
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