Faced with difficult decisions regarding the location of their manufacturing facilities are many a manufacturing company in these challenging economic times that we are in. In order to reduce operational costs, some companies would, at times, decide to consolidate facilities. Pressing companies to move their operations to larger facilities, attempting to keep up with increasing demand is what the business growth or the new product lines may be doing.
Simply responding to changing market pressures are what many other companies may be doing, by either relocating a bit closer to their customers or to their supplier network.
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