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Interesting snippet of Australian radio here…
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/intern … na/1114122
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i thinks its about time our country had a serious look at onshoring -( new buzz word )..
just look at the crap Chinese appliances we are selling , i think we could at the very least sell British crap. maybe something better but we dont want to make it to good .
ally
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Country of manufacture does not make a difference its all down to how its designed and what materials are chosen
Take the IPhone, designed by Apple and manufactured in china, the iPhone has consistently been one of the highest quality phones ever built, in fact the iPhone 4 set new benchmarks for any product that’s mass produced. Apple have produced some of the best quality products there is and they all come from china
Then there is this
Manufactured In the UK, designed in Italy, poor design and cheap materials.
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What does the pic of Geoff capes prove Martin? 😉
Country of manufacture is indeed less important than it once was when talking about the quality of the end product.
Its the ‘eggs all in one basket’ approach thats the problem. Dear departed Maggie thought the British economy should be based mainly on the financial sector and manufacturing should be allowed to wither and die.
state run coal, shipbuilding etc should be plucked from the public teet and strangled once and for all.What sector has now sucked the country’s teets so hard they now need rubbed with nipple cream ?? That’ll be the financial sector :rolls:
State run manufacturing was a dead end, no doubt about it, but the government should do more to encourage domestic companies who actually make things rather than crunch numbers.
In the states its common these days to see ‘Made in USA’ stickers on things in stores, there is definitely a ‘chinese backlash’ occuring.
We need that here IMO.Re: Moving Away From China
Madmac wrote:What does the pic of Geoff capes prove Martin? 😉
We live in a ‘global economy’ these days. With few exceptions many manufacturing industries enjoy open and free trading with China. The worlds largest companies have huge trade links and bases in China, without who’s cooperation would otherwise struggle to survive.
As far as our industry is concerned Chinese imported products, such as Haier for example, are poor entry level stuff for sure. But not so far into the future your high end Siemens, Liebherr and such like brands will be manufactured in China and shipped worldwide. Hence the point of my previous post. And if you can’t read Chinese or know who that image is of then next time you go for a ‘Chinese’ just ask a Chinaman. 😉
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the Chinese can make excellent products given the budget to do so , my point is with this counrty in such a state our government should be looking to help uk manufacturing,
there is a demand for cheap appliances – so why not make them here ?
give it a while and the Chinese will probaly open plants here filled with foreign work force who could blame them for hiring foreign as we seem to have a country full of dole scrungers ,
maybe thats why we dont have manufacturing – nobody prepared to give up their benefits and work ..
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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. :lesson:
Confucius.
(Not Geoff Capes)
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EFS wrote:
(Not Geoff Capes)
Maybe I should give up attempting humour :rolls: 😀Re: Moving Away From China
funkyboogy wrote:
maybe thats why we dont have manufacturing – nobody prepared to give up their benefits and work ..
Vicious cycle of globalization, unemployment and welfare handouts funky.
Full employment of the fifties where western nations tended to manufacture at home slowly destroyed by outsourcing,leading to mass unemployment.Never mind though, have 10 kids and pick up enough ‘free’ money to buy the chinese telly and washer anyway, let the idiots who pay taxes pick up the bill. Simples.
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I’m saying no more on this subject other than the fault lies within the teachings… If RE was left to the families and their churches and in its place we had electronics .. Geography was made an opt-in after school subject and instead we had engineering or something similar… Get where I am going? The skills of the future are not taught in UK schools.
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its seem that every youngster want to be a pop star now anyway , thanks simon ..
we have grown a very greedy- needy country where we want everything on the cheap and on credit .
we have lost sight of manufacturing – all we want is cheap products – who gives a crap about where it comes from .
we need to get more like the Americans and bring back appliance manufacturing – be it more patriotic about supporting uk jobs ..
but it easier to have 10 kids all with a medical condition and earn 80-100 k a year with modified houses free cars and nice care worker to pander to anything else you require …..makes me sick this lot ….
maybe ill bring out a jeremy kyle range – they will fly out the doors
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funkyboogy wrote:10 kids all with a medical condition and earn 80-100 k a year with modified houses free cars and nice care worker to pander to anything else you require
Manufacture a washer / dryer to punt at these people and supply it (rented) via Social Services … You’ll make a fortune 😈
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