Tags labeled "Made in Taiwan” or “Made in China” can be found on everything from t-shirts to computer components. In fact, manufacturing and sourcing products locally is becoming increasingly rarer. Costs, locations, market targets, viable infrastructure, and outright availability are becoming bigger and bigger roadblocks in trying to manufacture locally.
In the security industry, like in all industries, there are several key factors that contribute to where companies decide to manufacture, such as the local infrastructure, availability of inexpensive but skilled workers, local government regulations, and ability to find a suitable site to build a factory.
General feelings in the security industry are that the industry is still developing for local manufacturing. According to Scott Lindley, President of Farpointe Data, it is because security typically enjoys longer product lifecycles which better lends itself to off shoring.
Why Manufacture Locally
Certain product types, su...