Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Originally Posted By: sayjac
The purchase of Fram and Champ by Rank has been posted here several times previously. While I've seen nothing (reference) regarding the consolidation of both companies manufacturing facitities, it wouldn't be a surprise I suppose.
As for Purolator, now that they are jointly owned by Bosch and Mann&Hummel, many Bosch and Mann oil filters are currently being made in the Purolator oil filter manufacturing plant in NC. How that will continue is anyones guess, hopefully a long time.
As for the future quality of the Fram/Champ oil filters, who knows? One thing I don't see is any change, (ie. improvement) in the construction of the orange can or the ecore.
The Purolator/Bosch/Mann arrangement is fine by me given the location of the manufacturing facilities. The fact that Purolator is able to produce filters in North America, sell them at the price they do, and still turn a profit speaks volumes about the companies selling us out to the Chinese.
We can make them here. We can employ Americans to do this work. We CHOOSE not to, because consumers here shop on price and don't care if they are selling their souls to the Chinese to increase those company's profits... As long as they get a "good deal".
First-world nations around the world are successfully manufacturing things we have long ago outsourced to China.
+1. great point, OVERKILL