It is a well known fact that many things are no longer made in the US
due to labor cost, as cheap labor out of the US is the key in setting
the price for goods sold in the US.
I really do not know much about the economy of China, but after Don
posted this, I heard on a NPR local talk show in Washington, DC on WAMU
radio, that things in time will be changing in China, as the people are
starting to catch on that they would like a better life style too. the
average per capital income in China on the west coast if 5,000 and
inland it is 1,000. There are labor strikes and wars starting in China
according to what I heard, so things will change in time.
But for now, hopefully these US train companies that are effected by
this recent move will find a new maker soon.
Mike Marmer
On 7/21/2010 9:05 AM, Don Thompson wrote:
>
> Dear Michael,
> This is actually not about S scale modeling and to me the tone of
> your e-mail is as onerous as discussions of Religion or Politics on
> our group (please delete now if you do not want to read further). I
> could go on for paragraphs on why we have gone to another country to
> produce The Showcase Line. Let me be brief, the cost of tooling or
> injections molding is not why we had our models made by Sanda Kan. I
> can narrow it down to two reasons. First is the cost of labor. The
> avg. worker makes 60 to 85 cents per hour in China (no problem with
> illegal aliens there). The second is experience. When started in
> 1981, Sanda Kan was owned by the owners of a model railroad company
> (LifeLike). By the 90's. they knew had to design, decorate, assemble
> and package museum quality model trains. I do not blame the current
> owners (Kader Industries) for the situation that Sanda Kan currently
> finds themselves. But, the Asian division of JP Morgan (not a Chinese
> company), that was not interested in producing high quality model
> trains, but bonuses and dividends that left the company in receiver
> ship in only 4 years. I think that is enough...
>
> Don Thompson
> SHS
> PS Michael, where was your computer made that you typed your rant?
> USA? I think not...
>
>
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