The Increasing Cost of U.S. Sales

摘要

We grew up in small-town central Illinois and empathize as Kewanee deals with the announcement that long-time employer Bomag will be gone by the end of next year. Much of Kewanee's production will move to or be absorbed by Oklahoma, Germany and China. In a global marketplace, construction equipment manufacturers have myriad options for operating plants. Bomag isn't alone, of course, but it indicates a phenomenon brought about partially by U.S. market verities. The sizeable United States market-and Europe's to a degree-is forcing manufacturers into dual strategies as government regulation adds cost to the manufacturing process.