tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post3900275622623802249..comments2024-03-20T11:13:46.071+00:00Comments on Knoco stories: When "copy exactly" pays off in KMNick Miltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413967879826601863noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post-6554748242016113372011-08-29T06:14:11.682+01:002011-08-29T06:14:11.682+01:00My friend Vince Polly added this by email
Today&...My friend Vince Polly added this by email <br /><br />Today's New York Times magazine has a story about Lithium battery plants moving to the US from Korea:<br /><br />"Repatriating a high-tech manufacturing plant to the United States is not simply a matter of hiring the local talent. It requires good-old foreign know-how. “We call it ‘copy exact,’ ” Forcier said. “We bought a company in Korea that had the technology around this type of battery and had developed the manufacturing process there. We basically brought that here, copied it exactly and scaled it up.” A123 also brought a team of six Korean engineers to help transfer the technology to the U.S. and sent a team of Americans to Korea to learn."<br /><br />The complete story is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/magazine/does-america-need-manufacturing.html?ref=magazine&pagewanted=all<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />VinceNick Miltonhttp://www.nickmilton.comnoreply@blogger.com