These include better control of the manufacturing process, an ability to respond swiftly to customers, and a much smaller impact on the environment as the U.S. plant uses less energy than its Chinese counterpart and is 7,500 miles closer to where the product is sold. "The benefits are obvious," said Kelley. "We cut our costs, improve our sustainability, reduce the cost of finished goods inventory and create U.S. jobs." COMMITMENTS HELP SOME SUPPLIERS Wal-Mart's push is aimed at product categories that have been difficult to produce at a cost advantage in the United States for some time. The retailer plans to sell everything from General Electric Co light bulbs made in Ohio and Illinois to Element Electronics Corp televisions that will be assembled in South Carolina. The latest company to sign on is Korona S.A., a Polish candlemaker that will produce Walmart U.S.'s Mainstays tea light candles in Virginia, a move that Wal-Mart said took more than a year to put together.