Mon
Jan 8 2007
11:10 am
Robot jobs outsourced to Mexico
By: R. Neal

Here's a local outsourcing story with a twist:

The job cuts are part of an ongoing downsizing of the company's Blount County operations and transfer of production to a Ceramaspeed plant in Monterrey, Mexico.

Some "manual operations" have already been shifted to Mexico, and "automated production" operations will be moved to the Monterrey facility later this year.

So now we're outsourcing robot jobs, too? Do Mexican robots work cheaper than American robots? Have American robot unions priced themselves out of the U.S. labor market?

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Brian A.'s picture

Good

Submitted by Brian A. on Mon, 2007/01/08 - 11:23am.

Mexican robots won't be crossing over the border to score government handouts!

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

Number9's picture

In the Global economy even

Submitted by Number9 on Mon, 2007/01/08 - 11:32am.

In the Global economy even robots can lose their jobs. Is WD-40 cheaper in Mexico?

Opinari's picture

Not surprising...

Submitted by Opinari on Mon, 2007/01/08 - 1:23pm.

Given my own experience in manufacturing, I am not surprised at something like this. The costs of maintaining and engineering automation equipment along with the costs of retooling them when product changes come along are often more than simply using human labor on basic, less sophisticated equipment.

Johnny Ringo's picture

Obviously not

Submitted by Johnny Ringo on Mon, 2007/01/08 - 2:29pm.

Have American robot unions priced themselves out of the U.S. labor market?

But perhaps the people who run them and service them have.

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