The US number for what electronics assembly labour gets paid is just that, what they get paid.

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Hitachi CM, with flat-screen TV to make the results developed by Hitachi Consumer Electronics, for final assembly process to ensure that the consignment to the outside, we will build a stable business base for flat-panel TV business.

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Part and parcel of this has been the offshoring of low wage assembly work like the electronics to China, textiles to Bangladesh and Cambodia.

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On top, you'll find a propulsion fan assembly, just behind a hard plastic electronics compartment that houses internals like the Arduino board.

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For example, Japanese electronics companies continue to flourish in American markets precisely because they have moved their assembly lines to China.

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