Lenovo making PCs back in the US again

[Chiefcrowe]

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/bringing-jobs-back-united-states-19334997

 

[terpsy]

I applaud this.

Better than when IBM owned the line and is shipping everything it can
into BRIC countries, except their executive salaries.

Thank you Lenovo, once we can get manufacturing BACK into the US, then the
TRUE Recovery will begin.

 

[Prankmaster]

Good news but the key is not just assembly but parts: Koreans get a bigger share of the iphone than the Chinese who make it because the parts themselves are made in Korea

 

[Chiefcrowe]

Agree about the parts and also the automation angle, but at least this is some progress.

 

[raildogg]

In the end, like most things, this will turn out to be more hype than anything. Manufacturing in China will eventually slow down and shift to other countries. I'm not sure if that is good or not but companies are always looking for cost effective solutions; all the other factors don't matter too much, except maybe good PR.

 

[taq8ojh]

For a user, it's probably of little to no importance.
I's good for your country's economy to manufacture stuff there though, I think.

 

[corkyg]

For a user, it's probably of little to no importance.
I's good for your country's economy to manufacture stuff there though, I think.

Essentially true - but it's hard to fathom any real gains when Lenovo's parent almost has a controlling interest either way. 🙂

 

[taq8ojh]

Yea, it's highly theoretical 🙂
I wish most companies just backed off from Asia. Somehow I would trust things made in Germany/USA/whatever much more than the typical "made in China", even though it probably doesn't make any difference at all as long as you don't buy noname crap.

 

[Sheep221]

Yea, it's highly theoretical 🙂
I wish most companies just backed off from Asia. Somehow I would trust things made in Germany/USA/whatever much more than the typical "made in China", even though it probably doesn't make any difference at all as long as you don't buy noname crap.

The EU has launched some program in 2012 to bring the factories and jobs that moved to Asia back to Europe. It started to be visible by applying high duties on asian solar panels last week ago, so we are bound to buy domestic ones now, while they are more expensive I agree with that because we need to restore our economy.
Sooner or later it will reverse back anyway because China is also now more expensive than it used to be. And sometimes it is just not worth to make some things in asia because the transport is expensive or they could not sustain the quality requirements.

It's otherwise funny, because Lenovo is originally a chinese company

 

[holden j caufield]

actually I was just talking to guy who buys these huge containers shipped to the port of long beach and was telling me that they are moving the plants to vietnam because the Chinese (rightfully so) don't want to work for pennies.

 

[corkyg]

-It's otherwise funny, because Lenovo is originally a chinese company

AFIK it still is.

 

[VirtualLarry]

So should I buy a Lenovo for my next PC or not? On one hand, they're bringing jobs to the US of A, which is a GOOD thing. But they are a Chinese company, which isn't, really.

I dunno, those Q190 mini-PCs do look pretty sweet. Too bad I can't get one with Linux for cheaper.

 

[WackyDan]

I applaud this.

Better than when IBM owned the line and is shipping everything it can
into BRIC countries, except their executive salaries.

Thank you Lenovo, once we can get manufacturing BACK into the US, then the
TRUE Recovery will begin.

I got news for you. All Lenovo is doing is final assembly. IBM also did final assembly back in the day. The reason they do this is in order to be rated as "made in the USA" and bid on gov't business.

They are not making components in the US.

I applaud what they are doing - which is an expansion of something they were already doing and bringing the desktop final assembly up from Monterey, Mexico - though they are probably still doing final assembly in that facility too.

 

[RobS10]

To be marked Made in USA, a product must contain a specific minimum amount of parts that are made in the U.S.. Don't know what that is for computers.

 

[WackyDan]

To be marked Made in USA, a product must contain a specific minimum amount of parts that are made in the U.S.. Don't know what that is for computers.

http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus03-complying-made-usa-standard

Bottom line is computers probably comply with "assembled in USA" but not "made in USA". The vast majority of components are sourced overseas. You can argue that if it is a US company, and the product is designed by a US product team... and perhaps that has more merit.

I'm not aware of any computer OEM that can make a true "Made in USA" claim.