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Chinese workforce's knowhow. As of March 2018, the return rate on the US boot had been 2 percent, the boot made in China had a return rate of less than half a percent.
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Goodrich in 1985. In May 2008, Honeywell Safety Products acquired Norcross and the brand. The "Made in USA" on the boots was significant: Norcross was the last remaining rubber footwear manufacturer in North America.
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