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TTI/Oreck expanding in USA |
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Post# 297495 , Reply# 2   9/8/2014 at 01:57 (3,490 days old) by oliveoiltinfoil (England, UK)   |   | |
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That is entirely true. I made a thread a few months back saying that the days of "made in china" are becoming numbered, for an all manner of reasons, and certainly not just in manufacturing floorcare. As well as the issues which you have mentioned which I didn't, you have environmentalists and human rights activists making more of an impact, forcing factories and local authorities to even slightly adear to international ruling and standards, especially regarding wages. This costs China money, making it more expensive to produce things there, which is the sole reasons western and Jap companies started investing their in the first place. What made Chain attractive is being taken away from them, and rightly so, as they have been exploiting cheap, slave labour and far too lax environmental and human rights laws.
You hear horror stories of western firms nearly going bankrupt because of producing their products in China. I went to a German toy shop in Munich who have been running since the end of WW2 making traditional German wooden children's toys. The owner who I spoke to, very nice guy, said he started outsourcing to China, but moved all production back to Germany, because the Chinese were not seasoning the wood, the toys came in damp and with mildew growing on them, poorly painted using cheap paint, often damaged as well. He said that with automated manufacturing these days and the technology he now has in his factory in Germany, it would be hard to make them any cheaper, anywhere in the world, even though he is employ a good few locals. Another story of a textiles firm in England who make flags, cushion covers, towels and all sorts who also decided to outsource to China. The owner of the company went to china, spoke to a supplier, they agreed a design and quality and said to make 150,000 of these cushion covers. They came back to England to find the whole lot was a write-off. Very poorly produced, not at all up to specifications. There was a similar story with an English cutlery firm, and I am sure there are similar stories in the US and all over Europe. |
Post# 297507 , Reply# 3   9/8/2014 at 06:37 (3,489 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️)   |   | |
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that evil company TTI bought Oreck to bring more American jobs back to the USA and to build Hoover ,Royal and Orecks in Tennessee .
I love how some bash TTI even though that's been their goal from the start this stuff can't happen over night . Thank God for TTI saving those iconic brands and bringing vacuum manufacturing and Jobs back to the US . Dan |
Post# 297510 , Reply# 4   9/8/2014 at 08:08 (3,489 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 297529 , Reply# 6   9/8/2014 at 10:07 (3,489 days old) by Adamthemieleman (North Yorkshire )   |   | |
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If this is TTI, could it be possible that they may bring Vax back to the UK? |
Post# 297532 , Reply# 7   9/8/2014 at 10:25 (3,489 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 297537 , Reply# 8   9/8/2014 at 10:42 (3,489 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️)   |   | |
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Post# 297572 , Reply# 10   9/8/2014 at 15:27 (3,489 days old) by Adamthemieleman (North Yorkshire )   |   | |
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Roger beat me to it. The founder is German, but based in Hong Kong, which let's not forget, is different to China |
Post# 297585 , Reply# 11   9/8/2014 at 16:43 (3,489 days old) by marks_here (_._)   |   | |
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Post# 297654 , Reply# 12   9/9/2014 at 00:47 (3,489 days old) by oliveoiltinfoil (England, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 297760 , Reply# 14   9/9/2014 at 20:15 (3,488 days old) by lionkcommander ()   |   | |
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When they talk about Hoover made in Mexico they are talking about El Paso TX. We lost a lot of jobs here in El Paso because they moved the plant to TN |