A highly automated Texas factory was supposed to bring the manufacturing of Craftsman mechanics’ tools back to American shores. The $90 million project was doomed by equipment problems and slow production.
Really dangerous that the west can’t make simple things like wrenches, especially in an era that’s trending towards deglobalization and increased global conflict.
Didn’t you read the article? They do make them, it’s just one factory that closed they were all in on automation by some Belarusian company that didn’t work properly at scale.
Really dangerous that the west can’t make simple things like wrenches, especially in an era that’s trending towards deglobalization and increased global conflict.
Didn’t you read the article? They do make them, it’s just one factory that closed they were all in on automation by some Belarusian company that didn’t work properly at scale.