Manufacturing Now a Key Source of Industry and Country Competitiveness

By Jeffrey R. Immelt, CEO of GE
Ideas Lab – Manufacturing is the new basis for competitiveness for industrial companies and, for that matter, for countries.
I was recently reminded of the value of manufacturing. A couple weeks ago, I spent some time in Mexico, observing our excellent operations there. Later, I was a speaker at Walmart’s summit on American manufacturing. There, we announced an initiative to increase our lighting share at Walmart and create new manufacturing jobs in the U.S. More