Why Is It So Hard To Make A 100 Percent American Hand Dryer?
From NPR Topics: Economy
February 5, 2013 - 4:40pm
The Xlerator high-speed hand dryer is made almost entirely of U.S.-made parts and manufactured by a small workforce in Massachusetts. But its motor, like almost all nonindustrial motors, is made in Asia — meaning it's very difficult for small manufactured goods to be entirely American made.
February 5, 2013 - 4:40pm
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