[TheForge] Vise grip moving

[Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu]

The orientals do not believe in copyright laws.  The wife used to work
in textiles, and at the shows in Atlanta they would stand next to
"Adopt-a-dolls" with a meter stick and take pictures for reference.
Standard operation.  This is not a fuss, just noting that not everyone
thinks the same.

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of dann at wctatel.net
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 1:39 PM
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Vise grip moving


Moving Vice Grip production to China may make the company some  short
term
bottom line profit, provided they are able to maintain the quality of
the
tool.

Vice Grip always did have a lot of companies  that tried to copy the
design, but none of them came close to the quality.  I damaged a few
knuckles using some cheap knock off's like "Globe Master" which used to
produce theirs in Spain.

One thing to be sure of now, it will back fire on Vice Grip.

The tooling and quality of Vice Grip brand will leak out the back door
of
their Chinese factory, and there will be vice grip knock offs in plenty
that will be close, "almost" as good as the original vice grip pliers
produced in Nebraska.

Guess I will work at adding to my hoard of quality tools:  the next vice
grip pliers that I buy will be from estate / farm auctions.

Dann




> What a surprise  Bye bye xxxxx jobs, see you in the shoe isle of
KMart.
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> williamsiron at comcast.net wrote:
>>  All,
>>
>> The parent company of Vise Grip is shutting down the plant in DeWitt,
NE
>> and moving it to (Drum Roll!) China.
>>
>> Mark Williams
>> Snow Hill, Maryland
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