I see that Purolator is a joint venture between Bosch and MannHummel.I thought Purolator was a US owned company.Joe
Purolator filter-A US owned company-NOT
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Yeah, its been that way for awhile.
Sad but true.
They have bounced around like movie star marriages. Bosch etc. bought the American oil filter operation several years ago and has at least continued production here. Other companies are producing other products under the Purolator name. I think Clarcor, Hastings, Baldwin, Donaldson oil filters, are the ones that own the air filters. I can't remember who all owns what else.
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When will people realize we live in a global economy. Our deflated dollar make our companies cheap. And greedy stockholders will sell out most of the time, if a premium is offered for the shares of the company.
Originally Posted By: Dually
I see that Purolator is a joint venture between Bosch and MannHummel.I thought Purolator was a US owned company.
It was.
The last American owner was ArvinMeritor. They bought Purolator in 1999 and sold it in 2006 in a move to get out of the LVA (Light Vehicle Aftermarket) where competition is brutal and margins are thin.
At various times prior to that it was owned by Mark IV Industries, Bendix, Pennzoil, and Facet Enterprises.
I see that Purolator is a joint venture between Bosch and MannHummel.I thought Purolator was a US owned company.
It was.
The last American owner was ArvinMeritor. They bought Purolator in 1999 and sold it in 2006 in a move to get out of the LVA (Light Vehicle Aftermarket) where competition is brutal and margins are thin.
At various times prior to that it was owned by Mark IV Industries, Bendix, Pennzoil, and Facet Enterprises.
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Originally Posted By: BobFout
Originally Posted By: Dually
I see that Purolator is a joint venture between Bosch and MannHummel.I thought Purolator was a US owned company.Joe
Glad to hear Purolater is owned by two of the best filter makers.
Me too.
Originally Posted By: Dually
I see that Purolator is a joint venture between Bosch and MannHummel.I thought Purolator was a US owned company.Joe
Glad to hear Purolater is owned by two of the best filter makers.
Me too.
Originally Posted By: Hermann
When will people realize we live in a global economy. Our deflated dollar make our companies cheap. And greedy stockholders will sell out most of the time, if a premium is offered for the shares of the company.
Exactly. I don't even know what "American" means any more. And even if a company is headquartered in the US they likely have foreign investors and factories and such.
John
When will people realize we live in a global economy. Our deflated dollar make our companies cheap. And greedy stockholders will sell out most of the time, if a premium is offered for the shares of the company.
Exactly. I don't even know what "American" means any more. And even if a company is headquartered in the US they likely have foreign investors and factories and such.
John
Same here....Pureolator filters have not been compromised and still have the same great quality....
In addition...they are still made in the USA...by American workers in NC.
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2003 Ford Focus SE (2.3) / 83K
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Purolator PureOne
In addition...they are still made in the USA...by American workers in NC.
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2003 Ford Focus SE (2.3) / 83K
Valvoline MaxLife Syn 5w30 / OCI 7000 +/-
Purolator PureOne
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Originally Posted By: Hermann
When will people realize we live in a global economy.
AMEN! That's what I said two years ago when I caught flack from some people when I bought my Nissan which 1) was made by a bunch of American workers in Tennessee, and 2) has a higher percentage of American content than a lot of so-called "American" cars. The argument, of course, is always where profits go. Pure ignorance! Try selling that bull to the good Americans employed by Nissan and its suppliers.
When will people realize we live in a global economy.
AMEN! That's what I said two years ago when I caught flack from some people when I bought my Nissan which 1) was made by a bunch of American workers in Tennessee, and 2) has a higher percentage of American content than a lot of so-called "American" cars. The argument, of course, is always where profits go. Pure ignorance! Try selling that bull to the good Americans employed by Nissan and its suppliers.
Originally Posted By: John_K
Originally Posted By: Hermann
When will people realize we live in a global economy. Our deflated dollar make our companies cheap. And greedy stockholders will sell out most of the time, if a premium is offered for the shares of the company.
Exactly. I don't even know what "American" means any more. And even if a company is headquartered in the US they likely have foreign investors and factories and such.
John
True, but most of the better jobs are where the company is headquartered.
Originally Posted By: Hermann
When will people realize we live in a global economy. Our deflated dollar make our companies cheap. And greedy stockholders will sell out most of the time, if a premium is offered for the shares of the company.
Exactly. I don't even know what "American" means any more. And even if a company is headquartered in the US they likely have foreign investors and factories and such.
John
True, but most of the better jobs are where the company is headquartered.
It's a tough question. Purolator is owned by Germans (IIRC), so the profits go there, but they also pay the checks of American workers.
Is it better to have a foreign company take the profits overseas while employing Americans, or have an American company keep the profits here and employ foreign workers?
(Oh, and our GDP is still twice as much as the next country, so we aren't third world by any stretch of the imagination...)
Is it better to have a foreign company take the profits overseas while employing Americans, or have an American company keep the profits here and employ foreign workers?
(Oh, and our GDP is still twice as much as the next country, so we aren't third world by any stretch of the imagination...)
Originally Posted By: SilverC6
It's a shame NAFTA has made the USA a third world economy.
The ruling elite are okay with that since they will be making money on the way down and then on the way back up (at least some of the way up) in a few decades.
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Nafta is inconsequential in the grand scope of the American economy.
The US still has the highest standard of living of the large economies. Only little economies like Switzerland that live off of money laundering and being somewhat less retarded than their larger neighbors and oil mega-rich emirates have a higher standards of living.
The opposite of Nafta is leading us in the opposite direction. The current socialist regime in Washington trying reduce economic liberty.
It's a shame NAFTA has made the USA a third world economy.
The ruling elite are okay with that since they will be making money on the way down and then on the way back up (at least some of the way up) in a few decades.
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Nafta is inconsequential in the grand scope of the American economy.
The US still has the highest standard of living of the large economies. Only little economies like Switzerland that live off of money laundering and being somewhat less retarded than their larger neighbors and oil mega-rich emirates have a higher standards of living.
The opposite of Nafta is leading us in the opposite direction. The current socialist regime in Washington trying reduce economic liberty.
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Originally Posted By: barlowc
Originally Posted By: Hermann
When will people realize we live in a global economy.
AMEN! That's what I said two years ago when I caught flack from some people when I bought my Nissan which 1) was made by a bunch of American workers in Tennessee, and 2) has a higher percentage of American content than a lot of so-called "American" cars. The argument, of course, is always where profits go. Pure ignorance! Try selling that bull to the good Americans employed by Nissan and its suppliers.
Compared to the market share they enjoy here in the States, the transplants employ a meager number of Americans. While Toyota enjoys over 20% of the total US car market, they only employ 7% of US auto workers. In contrast the Domestics employ a huge number of people in the US auto industry, at all levels.
I often wonder when I see some transplant suppoter say something like "so-called American cars". What would you have the domestic manufacturers do? Do you propose that they build every car they sell, here in the States? Why is it that Toyota and Honda aren't expected to operate under that same principle? What would be your answer to a large company having to compete with other foreign companies with lower wages and costs?
Many have a quick answer and condemn the domestics for moving "some" jobs offshore but they never seem to have an answer as to how they could avoid doing so. Why is it that many cant understand a healthy Ford with some employed offshore makes for better employment opportunities here. Would you rather have Ford build everything here and slowly get put out of business......No, IMO, best they compete om the world stage and employ some elsewhere and many here....just makes sense.
But if you have a better answer, I'm listening.
It may in fact be a World economy, but anyone who says that where the profits end up and how they are re invested is not important...well that is "pure ignorance", to use your own phrase.
Originally Posted By: Hermann
When will people realize we live in a global economy.
AMEN! That's what I said two years ago when I caught flack from some people when I bought my Nissan which 1) was made by a bunch of American workers in Tennessee, and 2) has a higher percentage of American content than a lot of so-called "American" cars. The argument, of course, is always where profits go. Pure ignorance! Try selling that bull to the good Americans employed by Nissan and its suppliers.
Compared to the market share they enjoy here in the States, the transplants employ a meager number of Americans. While Toyota enjoys over 20% of the total US car market, they only employ 7% of US auto workers. In contrast the Domestics employ a huge number of people in the US auto industry, at all levels.
I often wonder when I see some transplant suppoter say something like "so-called American cars". What would you have the domestic manufacturers do? Do you propose that they build every car they sell, here in the States? Why is it that Toyota and Honda aren't expected to operate under that same principle? What would be your answer to a large company having to compete with other foreign companies with lower wages and costs?
Many have a quick answer and condemn the domestics for moving "some" jobs offshore but they never seem to have an answer as to how they could avoid doing so. Why is it that many cant understand a healthy Ford with some employed offshore makes for better employment opportunities here. Would you rather have Ford build everything here and slowly get put out of business......No, IMO, best they compete om the world stage and employ some elsewhere and many here....just makes sense.
But if you have a better answer, I'm listening.
It may in fact be a World economy, but anyone who says that where the profits end up and how they are re invested is not important...well that is "pure ignorance", to use your own phrase.
You and I agreeing on something?
Originally Posted By: labman
You and I agreeing on something?
O'cmon man.....I fully support your Buy American stance.
Dont let it go to the "dogs".....
You and I agreeing on something?
O'cmon man.....I fully support your Buy American stance.
Dont let it go to the "dogs".....
Originally Posted By: LS2JSTS
Compared to the market share they enjoy here in the States, the transplants employ a meager number of Americans. While Toyota enjoys over 20% of the total US car market, they only employ 7% of US auto workers. In contrast the Domestics employ a huge number of people in the US auto industry, at all levels.
So, what you are saying is that Toyota can make cars with fewer workers than Ford, Chrysler, and GM.
That must explain why two of the Big Three went bankrupt.
Compared to the market share they enjoy here in the States, the transplants employ a meager number of Americans. While Toyota enjoys over 20% of the total US car market, they only employ 7% of US auto workers. In contrast the Domestics employ a huge number of people in the US auto industry, at all levels.
So, what you are saying is that Toyota can make cars with fewer workers than Ford, Chrysler, and GM.
That must explain why two of the Big Three went bankrupt.
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