Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>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. For many products of late I think the only truly well-informed stamping would be "Made on Planet Earth". The "Made In..." stampings are mostly legal contrivance now, more important for import/export control and tax reasons than anything else. Who does the quality inspection and to what level are all that is important. Godfrey