Manufacturing Professional Mugs

'Remember, the real lemon goes into the floor cleaner and the artificial lemon goes into the lemonade.'

Land Of The Free And Home To A Lot Of Cheap Stuff

"I'm just taking advantage of the global economy when I move the plant to China."

"I'm worried about business in this country."

'I had it outsourced.'

Suffered freak accident at coffee mug manufacturing plant.

"Where's the business end of this thing?"

"I fear one day our jobs will be taken over by technology."

"Jimmy, I want you to meet our new safety officer."

'...we have every new employee spend time on our assembly line. Eight hours, no breaks.'

D.I.Y

"Let me put on my 'working' head."

"We only got up to three 'whys' and a 'what the hell'."

Meet the new factory manager.

"One day son, all this will be run by robots."

"This is a big seller, and we get them cheap...from China."

"Yep, first the gold run out, then the microchip manufacturing went overseas."

'Look on the bright side: now we qualify for an energy-conservation award.'

"I hope you don't mind, but I stuck in a little prayer for General Motors."

Tata: Goodbuy or Goodbye?

U.S. Manufacturing - Good News & Bad News

Made in China.

'I'd rather we don't mention this in the annual report.'

Satis Factory Tour

"We're having a lot of trouble with this model, sir - it's lasting indefinitely."

"Back in the industrial age, this was, I believe, a steel mill."

'That's my resume.'

'Here it is - the world's largest miniaturization plant.'

"We're a totaly automated facility, except for Frank. He plugs everything in each morning."

"Our 'Invest in American' program is saving money by buying orange safety cones from China."

'But we spend all our money creating toxic waste. We were hoping someone else would figure out how to detoxify it.'

"...and we plan to offer it as a scarce and valuable product."

"We've geared up our American company to provide PPE for our healthcare providers, and we need 'Made in the USA' tags to on 'em! Problem is, USA tags are all Made In China."

Pollution Look

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