以下是网上查到的:
2000: Major restructuring is launched that includes the closing down of the firm's manufacturing and distribution facility in Ireland.
而维基百科则进一步说:
"Due to rising financial difficulties in the early 2000s, A.T. Cross began to outsource the manufacturing of its products to China. By 2006, all Cross pen products were Chinese-made, the company had sold the Rhode Island building that housed its headquarters, and the U.S.-based portion of its workforce numbered under 100."