Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My R3's were stamped "Made in Portugal." Perfect cameras. Never a glitch. Used them from 1976 to 1987. Eleven years of flawless performance. I think they should stamp R8's "Made in Portugal." Jim At 08:12 PM 9/20/99 -0400, Dan Cardish wrote: >I guess what I don't understand is how the value added by the final >assembly of susbsets can be so high as to dominate all the assembly that >took place in Portugal, thereby allowing the "Made in Germany" stamping on >the camera. > >Dan C. > >At 07:28 PM 20-09-99 +0200, Dominique PELLISSIER wrote: >[snip] >>Comment : >> >>As you know the cost of labor in Portugal is not as high as in Germany.Now >>the process of fabrication includes much handwork. >>Only the final assembly of subsets is made at Solms. >> >>Made in Germany, made in Canada, made in Portugal, made in Japan : it >>doesn't matter.Made by (or for) Leica is important. >>We are in a global economy. >>(BTW my antique Apple powerbook 145 has been made by Sony, so what!) >> > >NO ARCHIVE > > > >