India's emergence as a manufacturing hub comes as multinationals look for alternatives to China.
Saudi Arabia also hopes to expand its economy by creating a tourism industry and becoming a manufacturing hub for the region.
It later grew into a manufacturing hub for the automotive industry.
That uninhabitable swamp subsequently became the site of its main manufacturing hub.
Although corruption was an early deterrent, that policy means the region is now a manufacturing hub.
In the mid-19th century, steamships and rail lines turned the western side, along the Hudson, into a thriving manufacturing hub.
Because of its location near important roadways, Madisonville is a leading manufacturing hub for western Kentucky.
The centralized location of Illinois made it a key manufacturing hub, especially for farm machinery and specialty motor vehicles.
Moorooka has traditionally hosted a working class population stemming from its history as a manufacturing hub during World War 2.
Obviously, the city will never again be the manufacturing hub it once was, and the growth of white-collar jobs reflects the city's transition to a service economy.