JoeM 8,913 #1 Posted October 14 Always looking at the origin of items and come across this one. I am not sure how to take it? 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 74,582 #2 Posted October 14 Drill a hole in each one of those countries?? 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 29,346 #3 Posted October 14 Bean counters... one package for all worldwide production. Saves .0004 cents per unit... Just noticed... Midwest Fasteners is a Kalamazoo, Michigan company...!!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Treepep 846 #4 Posted October 14 Looks like expensive... Chineseium. I am not certain of the intended application. Looks kind of meager for a door stop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 10,074 #5 Posted October 14 "Global Sourcing".... aka whoever supplies for the best price...today. Tomorrow it most likely be someone else. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 62,196 #6 Posted October 14 This is nothing new, I have been seeing these all inclusive country of origin labels on hardware boxes since the mid eighties. If the address for the company is California I presume it is from China, if it is Texas I presume it was made in Mexico. If it says made in USA i suspect it could be from Usa, Japan. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 14,670 #7 Posted October 15 (edited) FWIW, I suggest we get over where things are manufactured and focus on how they are manufactured. As has been carefully (and IMHO, properly) noted, most sources can make products ranging in quality from junk to spacecraft components depending on the specs and requirements The “where” takes us way close too close to starting a political tangent. The “how” befits a conversation among “good with their hands and interested in machines” folk. Stepping down off my soapbox. Edited October 15 by Handy Don 3 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 10,074 #8 Posted October 15 Interesting tidbit about having your components made overseas. I worked for a Tier I automotive OEM that made parts for the transportation industry - mostly the Big Three in Detroit. We had a lot of injection molded plastic components made in the Thailand - Vietnam area. We owned the tooling (molds), they used their equipment for production. Less than pleasant experience taught us a couple of things - that could happen with any supplier. A mold wears each time parts are shot - glass filled nylon is abrasive, and eventually it will produce parts that are out of spec and will not function as designed. This particular mold had a projected life of "X" parts, running 2 shifts to meet our demand that should have yielded about a year and a half product. We saw defective product well before that.... seems they were running the tool 3 shifts and counterfeiting our own parts for sale!! We never gave the contract to one vender to shoot the housing and cover - always used seperate vendors for just that reason..... 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
