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Jacob,

Are you sure you purchased a Leatherman tool or a Chinese produced knock-off? Maybe you are confusing Leatherman with Gerber (Gerber does make the majority of their tools and knives in China)?

There is no denying that Leatherman employ about 350 Oregonians in the only Leatherman factory just off Airport Way and you can take a tour and see them make tools and knives for yourself every Wednesday.

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What about the tool and knife cluster that is here: Leatherman, Gerber, Benchmade and CRTK

Leatherman designs, engineers and manufactures tools and knives in Portland!

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I worked for Nike for nearly eight years in their innovation area and left, in part, because I could see the limits of designing/developing/marketing product that is built elsewhere.

The next innovation for all of these companies is to bring the production of materials and goods back to the US.

Are any of these creative companies taking on that challenge?

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"Sustainability" is about economy.

"Green" is a use of biological systems as an example of how we can accomplish sustainability.

Most of us don't know how biological systems work so sustainability has no real meaning.

Sustainability has become a buzz word like "designed", "new" or "improved" or "change" "hope". As with all slogans the word sustainability should be viewed with suspicion.

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