In additional to Atlas, the following companies have made some sort of announcement that they are also affected adversely by the closure of Affatech (some of which have already been mentioned here): Bowser, Bluford Shops, ExactRail, Fox Valley Models, Intermountain, Spring Mills Depot, Trainworx Inc., and Wheels of Time. Two more firms, Tangent Scale Models and Moloco Models are also thought to be affected but have made no official announcement either way.
And as Jonathan pointed out above, Affatech was also doing specific products for Lionel, and who knows how many others.
Athearn, Pacific Western Rail Systems, Rapido, Scale Trains and Walthers have all said they are NOT affected, but Walthers has said that their vendor for Code 83 track, Shinohara is also ceasing production.
These companies will be seeking new production facilities, which may or may not put more pressure on the existing facilities. And with one fewer company manufacturing trains, this also potentially lends itself to price increases. And not only do they need to find a new facility, but then they need to go the difficulty of moving their dies and tooling from a closed facility to one that is operating.
And more possible closures are not out of scope. There are have been some news stories about factory closures in China due to their new environmental laws.
https://www.smartchinasourcing...procurement-program/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/t...ckdown/#2c1ef5274666
EDIT: I should note that Walthers was notified that after filling the current order, Shinohara would cease track production. Whether that means more than just simply track for one company, I cannot say. But obviously, there's another company that will be seeking a new manufacturer for a least one product line.
