I didn't see the show so I don't know how big the room was. But I think it is an exaggeration to say you can fit all the tool & due makers in the US into one r

I didn't see the show so I don't know how big the room was. But I think it is an exaggeration to say you can fit all the tool & due makers in the US into one room. If you live in a major city, try googling how many companies around you advertise their machining operations as Tool & Die. This is not including all the engineers and artists who have most of the skills required, if not the experience. That's not saying they want to work in your factory, which is another part of the problem. People who have those skills in the US probably don't want the job. People who want the job don't have the skills, partly because the job that would have trained them wasn't available.