HP Boasts About PC Assembly in the Good Ole USA
Computer manufacturer assembling 2.9 million PCs this year.
Following Tim Cook's confirmation of Apple shifting Mac production back into the United States, Hewlett-Packard has responded to its competitor's move.
In addition to pointing out that itself and Compaq have been manufacturing PCs since its inception, the firm stressed that it's already ahead of Apple in the race to bring more computer assembly back to the region. "Lots of noise...about Apple moving Mac production back to the U.S.... [We] wanted to offer HP's story," it said.
"HP PCs have been assembled in the U.S. since the beginning," the company said. "HP workstations and commercial desktop PCs are manufactured in Indianapolis, and HP servers are manufactured in Houston. These manufacturing facilities employ hundreds of people and produce billions of dollars' worth of products."
HP added that out of the PCs sold in the U.S., more than a third of business desktop PCs and all workstation PCs are assembled in America. It added that it'll assemble 2.9 million PCs in the region this year.
"There's a significant amount of customization...it's a higher value product than we might do in Asia. A higher level of customers that need build-to-order and close proximity," Tony Prophet, senior vice president of operations at HP, told CNET.
"We find that we are better able to serve our customers when we're closer, versus building them in China and shipping them by sea. The labor arbitrage is not really a driving factor," he added, referring to desktop production in North America and Europe. "We're marginally moving even some consumer PC [assembly] back to North America. Doing less of that in China."
Apple CEO Tim Cook had said that factories based in the U.S. will handle "some" of the Mac production that's currently being carried out in regions outside America.
HP, however, stressed that its production in the U.S. isn't limited to just personal computers. Printing components are made in Corvallis, Oregon and San Diego, California.

Good for HP. Good for Apple. Good for the ol' USA!
It could just be their way of saying that what Apple is doing is not new or special at all cause a lot of places seem to think it is for some reason.
Seems like basic economics, or am I missing something?
You really think so? I'd give it 6 months and there would be an "electronic assemblers labor union" and they'd screw the companies over until they move back to China... No way any large amount of americans would work 60 hours/week of minimum wage.
no, with big brand computers like this, id rather them be made overseas, at least that way when they crap out enmass it looks like it was crappy asian parts, appose to crappy america manufacturing when they break due to the asinine cost cutting decisions in the psu and motherboard.
Ask the union at Hostess.
Also factory workers make over double minimum wage on average in the US.
Except that Country A wich in this case is apple is very overpriced and doesn`t really play basic economics because they are slowly being pushed out of the market but do you see them lowering the prices so that they can be more competitive ? No ... they are still keeping their huge margins and make their cash pile as big as possible.
I am completely against the union thugs that destroy all these companies. Because the people who make PC components now don't make a ton of money, if they brought production into the US, the workers would likely only get minimum wage, but they could allow people to work up to 60 hours a week, that would be about $1740/month gross, which a couple would bring home about $2800/month easy, which they could live off of if they didn't go out to eat and pop out 9 kids.
wisest thing I've heard in 2012
sounds like you think they shouldn't
Your missing a mind concern of being outdone isn't the reason to stop doing what your doing.
If the product a is better than product c at the same thing then you have something to think about while knowing the answer to your question
if you bought parts made in USA then yes you do
By screw you mean stand up for rights as opposed to put up nets to prevent suicide?
your an idiot that will never retire with a pension but enjoy it while you can