Supply-chain shift may aid downstream aluminium: JW

摘要

As the Covid-19 pandemic disrupts global supply chains, industries in the United States may be spurred to turn to domestic sources of supply or even reshore their manufacturing - and downstream aluminium producers could benefit from this shift, JW Aluminum’s top executive told Fastmarkets in an interview. Over the past few decades, supply chains have become more globalized as companies offshored manufacturing to cut costs. But as the Covid-19 pandemic reveals the vulnerabilities of global supply chains, industries may see a growing trend of companies reshoring manufacturing back to the US, as has already been seen in the technology sector in recent years.