http://www.starrett.com/pages/441_st...lobal_s eries
"Starrett Global Series
While the Starrett brand is synonymous with “American Made”, we have
manufactured products worldwide for nearly 50 years. These products are
available in the U.S.A. and identified as “Global Series”. Regardless of
country of origin, the Starrett brand remains your assurance of
unmatched precision, quality and value."

Mmm. I have nothing against Starrett or anyone else making tools in a
foreign market to service that market. But the idea of Foreign made
tools coming back to the US makes me pause. If they are Starrett
quality, then the folks with the Wal-Mart philosophy of cheaper = better
will be pleased. But I think that it's a sign that US business is being
held back by government. Think for a moment - a US plant, US technology,
that is local to the market (aka no transpacific shipping) has to import
tools made in a third country to compete in the market.