I work in an automotive plastics factory and I second what you say. Yes, we make some of the plastic components for your car, BUT, all of the American-made machines that we use are aging and the companies that made them no longer exist (Van Dorn, Newbury). They are being replaced by Japanese machines. All of our robots are also Japanese. And don't even get me started on the chip fiasco!
I work in an automotive plastics factory and I second what you say. Yes, we make some of the plastic components for your car, BUT, all of the American-made machines that we use are aging and the companies that made them no longer exist (Van Dorn, Newbury). They are being replaced by Japanese machines. All of our robots are also Japanese. And don't even get me started on the chip fiasco!
Take heart; Intel is spending $20B on chip capacity in Columbus, OH