schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agoLast German bike helmet maker moves production to Chinaasia.nikkei.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1102
arrow-up1102external-linkLast German bike helmet maker moves production to Chinaasia.nikkei.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squarekalapala@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month 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-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoQuality control and design still matter.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 month 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-up4·edit-21 month 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…
minus-squareSavinDWhales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI don’t think they were expensive in comparison to ABUS, Uvex, Alpina.
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?
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…
I don’t think they were expensive in comparison to ABUS, Uvex, Alpina.