The Great Unravelling
What we are witnessing, I think, is the great unravelling of a certain kind of globalisation. The idea of having your most critical components made thousands of miles away, just to save a few quid, is starting to look rather foolish. It’s like hiring a plumber who lives in the next county because he’s a pound cheaper. It’s all well and good until a pipe bursts, and you’re left with a flooded kitchen. Apple, and many others, are realising they need a local plumber on speed dial.
This shift, often called onshoring, is creating a quiet revolution. For every shiny new factory that opens on American soil, there's a whole ecosystem of less glamorous, but utterly essential, companies that spring to life. These are the businesses that provide the scaffolding for this new industrial age.