Moving factories is not really original.
during the dismantling of the uk steel industry the clydesdale tube mill was dismantled in its entirety by imported chinese workers and shipped bit by bit to china where it is in full operation....rumour has it the guy that slept on the nightshift was shipped too.
Allegedly we were a bit more clued up when this kind of ‘technology transfer’ began.
In the 50’s a Japanese company ordered a ship from Tyneside and insisted on copies of the plans ‘for servicing requirements’. Apparently they immediately set about building one of their own using the same plans and on completion they proudly sent it down the slipway. When it hit the tideway it turned turtle and sank.