Overseas Sourcing — China: A Limited Threat

Dick has been representing foreign concerns since 1985 and scoffs at the notion that quality is a sticking point for Chinese printing. Aiding its cause is the rock-bottom cost of manufacturing.

“When I began in 1985, Japan was where most of the book manufacturing was being done,” Dick says. “As their economy developed and labor costs went up, the lower cost centers such as Hong Kong came on board. Now, we have finally reached into China, and I don’t think there’s a lower cost place of manufacturing in the world. And public awareness of imports coming in from China has increased.”