Our family started a factory in 1971 and closed it in 2002.
At that time we began importing. This was due to the high labour and materials costs in Canada and USA.
You need very expensive equipment to make a go of a factory and only China can offer that these days.
We've used the same enamel pin manufacturer for 15 years.
In the past decade, we have seen nearly every factory we used to compete against, shut down and adopt this business model.
It's to the point where we can't even refer you to an actual North American factory any more.