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[Jake Scudder]

John Roberts  {JR} wrote on Thu, 01 March 2007 19:53

A certain irony in a Japanese speaker company building speakers in the US while, US companies move production offshore.     JR

An irony that is certainly lost on the "These Colors Don't Run" NASCAR crowd that threw a fit about Toyota entering Nextel Cup this year.

[Ivan Schwartz]

John Roberts  {JR} wrote on Fri, 02 March 2007 02:53

A certain irony in a Japanese speaker company building speakers in the US while, US companies move production offshore.     JR

Pretty common.  There are a few "Japanese" cars with more US labor content than some Fords.

[Justice C. Bigler]

Yamaha announced several weeks ago that they were closing their musical instrument manufacturing plant in Wisconsin also.

[Too Tall (Curtis H. List)]

John Roberts  {JR} wrote on Tue, 27 February 2007 20:16

Mike Butler (media) wrote on Tue, 27 February 2007 18:30 "Carefully considered profit analysis" means that they have figured out what Mackie and EAW now know (and Behringer always knew), that if you are building products in the USA, it will be cheaper to start building them in China. That doesn't require a Harvard MBA. Heere's hoping their quality stays up and customers still have faith in them. Ironically, this news comes as Toyota announces it will build its eighth North American assembly plant near Tupelo, Mississippi. I suspect Yamaha has long known the relative manufacturing cost of different regions where they have factories. They were building stuff in Taiwan long before China was getting their act together. What has changed is customer acceptance. The customer is driving this transition. Toyota is building new factories here while the old big three are in a death spiral. Maybe we can come up with a sound analogy to describe cars... JR

Any chance that DDS got sucked down the hole with the rest of these plants some how?

[Mike Slay]

Justice C. Bigler wrote on Fri, 02 March 2007 04:13

Yamaha announced several weeks ago that they were closing their musical instrument manufacturing plant in Wisconsin also.

Which is a true shame since Yamaha built some of the best beginer to intermediate instruments available.  Their parts program was absolutely the best.  Once again, cheap trumps all.

[brian dunard]

It probably makes sense to keep speakers over here...since they will be bought here.  They are large and inexpensive to purchase compared to other companies.  So the money they save on shipping allows them to continue to make them here.  That's just my guess.

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