Companies That We Believed To Be American, But They Are Really Not!

Published on 10/05/2021
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Samsonite

Jesse Shwayder founded this luggage company in 1910 in Denver, Colorado. It was forced to migrate after 91 years on the West Coast due to a change of ownership across the country. Samsonite’s corporate headquarters are currently located in Mansfield, Massachusetts. However, the overwhelming bulk of these products are manufactured in Europe and Asia! The corporation has activities in China, India, and Hungary. Around 40% of the company’s hard luggage is manufactured in Nashik, India. Not just in terms of production and employment, but also in terms of sales, this brand is massive in China! Indeed, contract manufacturers in Shanghai account for two-thirds of Samsonite’s Chinese sales.

Samsonite

Samsonite

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Dell

Dell is one of the largest computer manufacturers in the world, and chances are you’ve heard of them. Despite Michael Dell’s efforts in the early 1980s, the company’s production activities have since been fragmented. They develop their own web servers in Austin, Texas, for their global customers. They chose to outsource production to countries other than the United States, despite the fact that the machines were formerly manufactured here. The firm now has operations in Brazil, China, Ireland, Malaysia, and Mexico. It is a custom fabrication company based in Limerick, Ireland. When it opened in 2000, it received considerable media attention. It is one of the largest manufacturers in Ireland, covering an area of 40,000 square feet and employs 23,000 people.

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