Why Regal Manufactures Metal Cutting Tools in the U.S.
For more than half a century, Regal has been providing manufacturers the tools they need to keep America working and producing the best products in the world. We are proud to play a role in their success, and it’s a big reason we, too, are proud to be Made in America. Regal chose the base of our production facilities immediately when we founded the company in 1955. It was not a decision we made lightly. While it is true that we probably could cut labor and taxation costs by moving manufacturing offshore, Regal finds it important to keep our facilities right here at home:
Jobs and the Economy
Perhaps the biggest reason Regal makes its products in the U.S. is to create jobs and economic opportunity for hard-working, skilled American workers. Manufacturing built this country, and keeps it strong by diversifying industries and reducing reliance on foreign companies for critical and strategic products. The men and women who work in Regal’s U.S.-based factories form the backbone of their communities. They coach Little League, serve as lay leaders at their churches, organize PTA fundraisers, and perform a host of other tasks that tie neighborhoods and towns together. Regal is honored to call them our employees and to pay wages that allow them to pursue the American Dream. We see the value in supporting our US economy and investing in ourselves as Americans, via taxes. We understand that being a good corporate neighbor includes paying our fair share to assist the less fortunate, ensure strong industrial and transportation infrastructure that keeps Regal’s and other companies’ supply chain humming, and fund our military.
Environmental, Safety, and Quality Standards
Regal boasts an enviable record of:
- Worker safety
- Environmental stewardship
- Product quality
Regal can rest easy knowing our American employees have received the best education and training available and are thoroughly conversant with accepted production practices, safety measures, and environmental laws and regulations. The majority of Regal’s customers are shops and factories in the United States. By making our tools here, we stay close to our customer base, minimizing shipping distance and the fossil fuel needed to get our products where they need to go and reducing the company’s carbon footprint.
Supply Chain Efficiency
Shorter shipping distances for our finished products also makes it easier for Regal to respond to shifts in demand to ramp up production or retool lines to meet changing market conditions. Shorter lead times help us increase turnover and save warehousing costs – savings that we can pass along to our customers. Locating factories in the U.S. helps us optimize delivery routes, ensuring more full loads and routing trucks to the most efficient routes, further eliminating fuel, labor, and overhead costs. Keeping our production facilities close to our customers makes their lives easier, increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty. Like us, most of our customers work on thin margins, delivering quality work at fair prices. They appreciate Regal’s commitment and ability to help them increase their business and create greater profits – efforts that would be made more difficult if we produced our tools in another hemisphere.
Customer Service and Communication
Customer service is streamlined when representatives can communicate effectively with factory management. Oversea customer service teams create several challenges including:
- Language barriers
- Different time zones
- Cultural differences
Which can make this communication difficult. Locating production facilities in America puts our manufacturing managers and technicians on level ground with our customers. Sharing a taxonomy and common ground in explaining and inferring underlying problems empowers Regal’s employees to comprehend and solve problems more quickly.
Regal believes our customers appreciate the quality and customer service we can deliver as a result of domestic production of our metal cutting tools. We think it is worth working to overcome the additional costs and resource investment required to build American. Our customers share our commitment to supporting American workers and the U.S. economy, and they respond by buying American. For more information on Regal’s dedication to being made in the USA, or to learn more about our tools, contact our customer service team today.