If that is the case, then American computer and semiconductor companies that cannot make circuits on glass will be locked out of computer manufacturing.

FotoForm glass is used in computer manufacturing and communications technology.

While computer manufacturing has made great strides in the last half-century, the manufacturing process is still limited to a handful of companies.

And more recently, China is climbing even higher still, moving into biotech and high-tech computer manufacturing.

Jobs switched the emphasis away from computer manufacturing and began producing computer animated feature films.

Four big industries in the region have fallen on hard times: military contracting, computer manufacturing, financial services, and home and office construction.

Among the biggest contributors were new-economy industries like telecommunications, computer manufacturing and semiconductors.

That could prompt American companies to move more of their personal computer manufacturing offshore to be able to use less expensive parts.

"We would inevitably be held hostage and subjected to competitive threats from vertically integrated Japanese companies with their own computer manufacturing."

An example of a skilled labor job is game making and computer manufacturing.