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when did the manufacturing of vacuums end |
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Post# 263492   1/15/2014 at 17:28 (3,725 days old) by keiththomas (Northumberland, England)   |   | |
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Post# 263561 , Reply# 2   1/16/2014 at 08:01 (3,724 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Not entirely true.
Dyson applied to expand the current premises at Malmsbury, but was turned down. That's largely the reason why production at Malmsbury ceased and the site now focuses on R&D, promotions, HR, finance, procurement and distribution. Although I imagine cost cutting was an added bonus. Keith, what do you mean about "electrical safety and fake products"? Just because something is made over-seas, doesn't make it unsafe. Anything sold in the UK has to pass regulations, regardless of it's country of origin. I believe Hoover/Candy still have a manufacturing plant in Portugal, also. Sadly, cost-cutting is not limited. Everyone is doing it. Even Numatic, the only remaining British manufacturer of vacuums, have cut the quality of their machines to save on costs - the current range (although good) are not a patch on the quality of the older machines. Miele have had to put their prices up to keep quality high. This is especially noticeable in their washing machines, which have rocketed in price over the last 5 years to keep quality high. |
Post# 263581 , Reply# 4   1/16/2014 at 13:14 (3,724 days old) by keiththomas (Northumberland, England)   |   | |
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What made me angry a bit was when James Dyson goes on about British Manufacturing and i agree kept the prices high. But made them in Malaysia. The trouble he has is that the cheaper competitors such as Hoover Electrolux Vax and others are catching up fast hence the Ball on his vacs.
I have two Dyson But Glad I did not pay £300 as its no longer new technology and TVs PVRS go down in price not Dyson. I remember the Hoover Free Flights issue which was on Watchdog and the Money programme etc. I noticed in the USA very similar machines under other names are made in China. Hoover US was sold to the chinnese owners of VAX hence same machines with different colour plastic. I wish there was a Henry Upright |