The recent cover story of IndustryWeek contends that some offshore manufacturing may return to the U.S. thanks to rising fuel prices and a weakened dollar, not to mention increased labor costs overseas. The magazine however was quick to say that it is too early to say definitively if this could happen on a large scale.
 
One logistics provider executive tells IndustryWeek that whether the U.S. becomes a “sourcing country” depends on the industry and the cost and bulkiness of the product. One supporting example provided in the feature: One manufacturer, Desa LLC, moved the company’s retail heating unit manufacturing operations back to the U.S. after the cost of shipping them from China to …