In the 1950s more than 90 companies made television sets in the US, but they shut down their plants decades ago.<br /><br />One manufacturing company is now hoping to change that and has recently opened a plant in Detroit, Michigan.<br /><br />Element Electronics moved an assembly line from Asia to build some of its larger televisions using local manufacturing know-how.<br /><br />Labour costs are higher in the country, but Element says lower tariffs and transportation costs mean making TVs in US once again makes economic sense.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Barbara Benitez reports.
