How Logitech Protects Its Manufacturing Secrets in China
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Electronics makers have had to make a difficult choice: Farm out their manufacturing to China, where operations are usually cheaper and more efficient but more vulnerable to trade-secret theft, or try to do it themselves. Logitech International, which makes gadget accessories, does both.
"We make everything in China," Logitech CEO Bracken Darrell said on Bloomberg TV. "About half of what we sell, we make, and half of what we sell, we source from somebody else. It's an interesting strategy. It's really worked for us over time."