Soon after World War II, USA manufacturers comprised the most important sector of the world’s largest economy. The market for American distributors, both domestically and internationally, grew exponentially following the War, as USA manufacturers produced a massive amount of quality goods for an exploding consumer market at home and abroad.

Beginning in the 1980s, however, many American manufacturers, seeking better economies of scale, moved their operations offshore – this includes Mexico, where many companies established manufacturing operations following the passage of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, on 1 January 1994.

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