Rusty Traque posted:John Knapp posted:
Atlas needs to find a cooperative factory or move production to another country or back home, without affecting final pricing to the consumer.
And just how would they do that seeing tooling made in China stays in China?
Manufacturing is more than just the factory that does the decoration and assembly. Even moving to another factory in China (assuming the original factory doesn't "lose" the tools) would require setting up a new supply chain.
Rusty
I just read here where Lionel is making product in Eastern Europe. If an uncooperative factory is on the verge of putting you out of business, as is the case here, it may be time for new tooling or a new cooperative factory somewhere else, or both! (in the case of my friend, an uncooperative Chinese factory DID put his company out of business!)
John
