Gadgets moving via rail from China to Poland
Mr Scanlon who is originally from Clare, said the cost of labour in the coastal areas of China had risen to the point that hardware manufactures had moved inland.
“In China, manufacturing was typically set up in coastal regions in Schenzen in the south and in Shanghai, there are labour shortages in coastal China and the cost of labour is increasing significantly so we as manufacturers have to move to central China.” Faced with having to load goods on trains to bring them to the coast to ship them to Europe, Flextronics began using rail to bring consumer electronics over land to Europe.
