schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 23 days agoLast German bike helmet maker moves production to Chinaasia.nikkei.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down12
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkLast German bike helmet maker moves production to Chinaasia.nikkei.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squarekalapala@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·23 days agoSo now those helmets are chinese and customers are going to move to cheaper alternatives as why would they pay more for non local product?
minus-squareSavinDWhales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoI don’t think they were expensive in comparison to ABUS, Uvex, Alpina.
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·23 days agoQuality control and design still matter.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-223 days agoThey will still design in Germany and Chinese manufacturing will provide any level of QC clients pay for. American companies design an inferior products, refuse to pay for QC, then blame China.
minus-squareOoops@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·23 days agoBut if they still design in Germany, where are they actually saving money? Rent for the building where those injection moulding machines are housed? Producing a helmet is not actually something requiring human labour or lots of (cheaper) energy. So what’s left is indeed quality control…
So now those helmets are chinese and customers are going to move to cheaper alternatives as why would they pay more for non local product?
I don’t think they were expensive in comparison to ABUS, Uvex, Alpina.
Quality control and design still matter.
They will still design in Germany and Chinese manufacturing will provide any level of QC clients pay for. American companies design an inferior products, refuse to pay for QC, then blame China.
But if they still design in Germany, where are they actually saving money? Rent for the building where those injection moulding machines are housed?
Producing a helmet is not actually something requiring human labour or lots of (cheaper) energy.
So what’s left is indeed quality control…