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The History of the Shipping Container

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

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to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. More types of goods are traded economically, and much manufacturing is transferring to developing economies. Raleigh-Durham-Cary N.C. Significance. Did You Know That …. Global Trade Takes Off: The 1990s.

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Investing in Manufacturing Innovation & Competitiveness: Will the next Silicon Valley be located in the United States?

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Editor's Note : In this guest blog post from Adams Nager, of ITIF (Information Technology & Innovation Foundation) , he stresses the importance of fostering innovation and spurring competitiveness of American Manufacturing by focusing on more R&D from both the public and private sectors. The rest is history.