Global Manufacturing Quotes

China's continued growth and rising household income are creating opportunities for lower-income economies in low-cost manufacturing.

We've lost an edge that we used to have in scientific innovation applications to goods to be sold. In many ways, that is also changing in the electronic field. Almost all of the materials that we use now are of advanced technology, I have an iPad and also an iPod, both of which are made in China. Although we have designed them here with Apple, for instance, they are manufactured overseas.

China is bearing the environmental cost for much of the world because China is the factory of the world.

We want to invite the world to Make in India, make India as the base for manufacturing electronic goods.

Foxconn is hugely important, not only in China - it's the largest employer in China - Foxconn is important around the world.

I think long term you can see Tesla establishing factories in Europe, in other parts of the U.S. and in Asia.

In India, we have the global services HQ, R&D centres, global network operating centres, global manufacturing, and product management - India is not just a market but a country we use for extended NSN.

Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product; it's an understanding of human nature.

Well, I think we are seeing some shifts in manufacturing. China, when you go in and you talk to the big manufacturers there, the biggest problems in mainland China are recruiting and retention. There isn't an endless supply of cheap labor anymore in China. And it's now true that the labor rates in Mexico are lower than in China.

Manufacturing all over the world has the benefit of efficiency. That's great. I support it.

Practically every smartphone, tablet, and laptop is fabricated in a Chinese factory, even if they are designed here.

Here we are surrounded by material that's being manufactured in unimaginable quantities worldwide and is used everywhere. I don't like it, no one likes it, and yet it's pervasive. We don't even see it.

Certain product lines are more suited to be manufactured in proximity with the customer, while others are more suitable to be manufactured in India.

If anyone can make anything, anywhere. It fundamentally changes the meaning of business.

These days, the manufacturing is controlled by a small number of countries, primarily Taiwan and South Korea.

Asia is the market and the location where production is inexpensive. The technological expertise and specialist knowledge comes from the industrialized world.

The Germans are clear about what they do - cars and machine tools; the Japanese are clear about what they do - electronics; the Chinese are clear about what they do - they're the workshop of the world.