Vincent Liu is the Senior Vice President of Telamon Corporation.

It is well recognized, in general, that the U.S. economy is moving from manufacturing to service.  The type of manufacturing jobs that will remain in the U.S. for the future, will be those in association with high-tech and knowledge-based skill sets.  Therefore, the future workforce has to be well educated in order to be globally competitive.

However, we also believe that the globalization will lead Asian companies to move their operations to the U.S.  We have seen European and Japanese manufacturing companies establishing factories in the mid-western states in recent years.  The other Asian companies from Taiwan and China will follow in the next ten years.  In order for Indiana to be a preferred state to host those companies, the Indiana business community should do more to build a reputation in Asia through more communications and learn more Asian culture/language through local events (i.e. those hosted by Ice Miller).

Like other Asian companies in Indiana, Telamon will always be willing to share its experience with local companies that have an interest in building business relationships in Asia or in the U.S.