For Allison Krongard, WallCandy®’s founder and president, owning a company that proudly manufactures its product in America is well worth the extra labor costs.

During a Fox Business Center segment on the value of the “Made in the USA” label, Allison explained to anchor David Asman that she never once considered paying less to produce WallCandy in China, simply because quality is a top priority.

Choosing to manufacture the product domestically meant that she could always visit and revisit each design’s creation at any given point in the production process, including getting someone on the phone to discuss a detail in real time.

“As a parent, I put this product in my children’s rooms,” she told Asman. “I think of other parents and I want to know that what I’m doing is safe, always.”

An infographic displayed during the interview showed that, of the product recalls since November 1999, 1800 were products made or partially made in China, while only 600 were products made or partially made in America.

Sure, manufacturing any product in U.S. costs a little more – approximately $10 to $12 an hour compared to China’s $1 or $2 an hour, according to Asman – but the extra cost ensures that WallCandy’s wall decals and removable wallpaper will be created with high quality, non-toxic vinyl and manufactured without BPA, phthalates, and VOCs.

Despite China’s cheaper labor costs, sacrificing safety and American jobs for a lower price tag wasn’t that tempting, Allison explained.

“Maintaining the quality was the most important thing to me,” she said, “and keeping jobs in America.”

“I think what speaks to the quality is that, in 11 years of having this company, I’ve had less than a 1% failure rate on the product, and I think that’s American manufacturing.”

In March, World News with Diane Sawyer aired “Made in America,” a three-part report in which an American family allows ABC to replace every imported item in their home with American-made versions. At the end of the first segment, journalist David Muir reported economists’ findings that, if every American spent 18 cents more on American goods each day, which amounts to only $67 each year, the impact would create 200,000 American jobs.

If you didn’t catch Allison’s two-minute interview on Fox Business Center, click on the image at the top of the page to watch.