OTTOLOCK, the Oregon-based brand has found a niche within the bike-lock marketplace with the Cinch Lock. This super-portable lock (which also made GearJunkie’s list of Best Bike Locks) represents the majority of OTTOLOCK’s business — and it’s made entirely in the USA. Well, almost entirely. Of the lock’s 29 components, only a single one comes from China — but it costs a nickel.

In the long term, VanderZanden is hopeful that increased tariffs on China could force many companies to move manufacturing to the U.S. That would mean more jobs for U.S. residents, and perhaps lead to a U.S. economy less reliant on overseas labor. “I’m an old U.S. manufacturing guy, and I fully support bringing it back,” he said.

Some businesses — like Kyle Ranson’s founder of Portland-based e-bike maker Vvolt and the CEO of Showers Pass, — could certainly move more of their production to the U.S., he said. But that’s a years-long process requiring massive investment.

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