There are many reasons [1]why the Amazon Kindle 2 can’t be manufactured in the United States, and they don’t speak well for the future economy of the U.S. Here are a few of those reasons, from an article at Forbes:
- The flex circuit connectors are made in China because the US supplier base migrated to Asia.
- The electrophoretic display is made in Taiwan because the expertise developed from producting flat-panel LCDs migrated to Asia with semiconductor manufacturing.
- The highly polished injection-molded case is made in China because the US supplier base eroded as the manufacture of toys, consumer electronics and computers migrated to China.
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