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Comment by blt

This is good news, but Milwaukee is primarily a power tool company. Bringing power tool manufacturing back to the USA would be much bigger news.

Project Farm is a YouTube channel that reviews tools. I've noticed that most of the made-in-USA products are relatively simple - hand tools, drill bits, adhesives, lubricants, and so on. Any complex assembly that includes electronics is almost invariably made in Asia.

It feels like the remaining made-in-USA tools are those where the manufacturer doesn't need to do much more than maintain some old machines and keep them fed with raw materials.

parent blt 4 years ago

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