Caterpillar Joins 'Onshoring' Trend

URLhttp://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/10906
SourceYahoo Finance/Wall Street Journal
Date Published03/12/2010
Author NameKris Maher, Bob Tita
Mentions specific company case(s) of reshoring, kept from offshoring, or transplantYes

Additional Reshoring Information:

Company/Division name Caterpillar
Type of work Manufacturing
Reshoring category:Reshoring
Country(ies) from which reshored:Japan
Industry(ies):Machinery
Product(s) reshoredheavy equipment
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive?Currency variation, Freight cost, Intellectual property risk, Political instability, Quality/rework/warranty, "complicated logistics"
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive?Government Incentives
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