The US is already a manufacturing powerhouse, but shadow factories can make it the global leader
Saar Yoskovitz
July 14, 2025
Shadow factories can offer manufacturers a way to decrease downtime and aid others in onshoring production lines, writes Augury CEO Saar Yoskovitz.
The conversation around the future of manufacturing in the U.S. and other developed countries is at a contentious fever pitch. Some paint an idyllic picture — a flood of American-made goods and millions of new, high-paying and rewarding jobs protected by trade barriers and accessible to all.
Others say the tea leaves show a grim future of menial labor or, worse, that the belief in a manufacturing resurgence is naive at best. But what’s left out of these conjectures is the reality of what it will take to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. or what that future of manufacturing will look like.
