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[INFOGRAPHIC] The End of Made In China Manufacturing

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The erosion in the cost advantage has been driven by a confluence of sharp wage increases, lagging productivity growth, unfavorable currency swings, and a dramatic rise in energy costs, states the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) based on a study of 25 nations that account for nearly 90 percent of global exports of manufactured goods.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

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Read Full Post. INFOGRAPHIC: 3D Printing and the Supply Chain to Drastically Alter Manufacturing: Who would have thought that modern manufacturing could be done without a factory?

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Doing Business in Poland

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The country joined NATO in 1999 and later became a member of the EU in 2004. Poland’s bordering countries include Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Primary trading partners included Germany, the Czech Republic, the U.K., km, about twice the size of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Doing Business in the Czech Republic

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In 1993, the country split into two components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. By 2016, the country converted to the short name of Czechia, although it still uses the Czech Republic name in formal matters. The Czech Republic is a land-locked country in central Europe between Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria.