Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica may have a cost problem. From the Economist: "...virtually all of Germany's biggest firms are setting up plants abroad to make products more cheaply" "The hourly cost of labour in manufacturing industry in western Germany, including wages, social-security (including health) and pension contributions, is 13% more than in America, 43% more than in Britain and 59% more than in Spain, according to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics..." - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html