... decline. The decline is continuing as the remaining larger companies close facilities and increase their investment in China and in other lower-cost manufacturing locations. In 2000, the United ... required today and into the future to maintain competency in the state-of-the-art manufacturing practiced by the global leaders in Japan, Taiwan, and now rapidly emerging in China. Many industry consultants ... people employed in North America in the PrCB industry continues to decline as new closures are announced weekly. In April 2005, Noble Industries, a manufacturer in Hibbing, Minnesota, closed...