‘Bring manufacturing back to Ireland’

Ireland may benefit from the increase in wages in China as a growing number of companies look to bring manufacturing back to their core markets.

Hourly wages in China have increased by over 400% since 2001 and, coupled with the time difference and an average shipping time of six weeks, the attractiveness of manufacturing in the East may diminish for some sectors.

The Cork Electronics Industry Association will hear from Caroline Dowling, president of integrated network solutions at Flextronics, who believes now is the time to bring manufacturing industries back to Ireland.