[TheForge] Koenig Eisen Ltd.

[Robert J Hill]

Thank goodness for NAFTA.
Rob

On Dec 26, 2007, at 17:39, ries wrote:


My guess is that the forged stuff is coming out of a King owned 
subsidiary in Mexico.
There are several companies in Mexico doing hand forged components for 
the american market.
Some of them even use $50,000 German ornamental iron machines to do the 
twisting, texturing, and making the baskets.
I met a guy at the Flagstaff Abana conference who owned 5 factories in 
Mexico, two of which did metal, and he sold wholesale to companies like 
Crate and Barrel. He had brought his lead metal man with him from 
Mexico, and they were studying like crazy at the abana conference, 
watching demos, taking notes, buying books and tools, and looking to 
move up from mig welded coat hangers to at least some forging.


Ries Niemi
Industrial Artist
http://www.riesniemi.com/





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