Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kit is right. There is nothing magic about German manufacturing these days. I have a friend who works for GM and has been involved in various GM subsidiaries around Europe, and he tells me that their German plants are *at best* average in terms of productivity and defect rates compared to those in other countries. I think that part of Leica long-term survival strategy will be to terminate manufacturing in Solms and simply keep the HQ, R&D and design there. Nathan Kit McChesney wrote: > Are we saying that people in Portugal aren't capable of creating quality > products? Pul-eez. I'd find that more than a bit distasteful if I were a > Portuguese LUGger. I find it so and I'm not from Portugal at all! > > There is no difference in quality between what is manufactured in Leica's > Portugal facility, and what is manufactured in its German facilities. > Portugal has been manufacturing some of the finest products in the Leica > lineup for nearly, if not more than, thirty years. In fact, of the > complaints I hear about Leica prodcuts, most of those are about products > made in Germany, not in Portugal. Maybe that has more to do with the > complainers than the actual products themselves. > > This kind of argument might have had some currency at one time, but now, > no. > And go ahead and accuse me of being PC; I don't really care. Besides, there > are quite a few women working in the Portugal facility. So watch out! ;-) > > Kit > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com