Originally Posted by AC1DD
Originally Posted by DGXR
First, the shock in the picture says "assembled in Mexico" which means that the components were produced and inspected elsewhere, then shipped to Mexico for final assembly. Also, any recently-built factory (regardless of location) will have most of the latest and greatest technologies and processes included. Who would invest in a new facility and then cheap out on the actual production bread-and-butter purpose for that facility to exist? For all we know, Bilstein's Mexico plant may be super modern. It's the older factories with poorly maintained tooling that produce most of the bad parts, also some QC issues in modern plants can produce bad parts. Production and commerce are now global functions. Don't worry about the country of origin.
Even with new tooling you still have people involved in that production process and poorly trained or poorly paid workers can cause QC issues, fact is that Mexico has less well trained and educated workers and overall they are paid far less than first world nations and usually in poorer nations they work very long hours....
Anyone should be concerned if they are getting parts out of a third world or developing country, even if the plant is fairly new with good equipment.
Yes, companies open lines in Mexico etc. because they want to sell low quality products. What they ging to do once product is known for lack of quality? Put a gun to customers head and make them buy it?
As for education of workforce, American southeast is not far ahead, if at all.
Originally Posted by DGXR
First, the shock in the picture says "assembled in Mexico" which means that the components were produced and inspected elsewhere, then shipped to Mexico for final assembly. Also, any recently-built factory (regardless of location) will have most of the latest and greatest technologies and processes included. Who would invest in a new facility and then cheap out on the actual production bread-and-butter purpose for that facility to exist? For all we know, Bilstein's Mexico plant may be super modern. It's the older factories with poorly maintained tooling that produce most of the bad parts, also some QC issues in modern plants can produce bad parts. Production and commerce are now global functions. Don't worry about the country of origin.
Even with new tooling you still have people involved in that production process and poorly trained or poorly paid workers can cause QC issues, fact is that Mexico has less well trained and educated workers and overall they are paid far less than first world nations and usually in poorer nations they work very long hours....
Anyone should be concerned if they are getting parts out of a third world or developing country, even if the plant is fairly new with good equipment.
Yes, companies open lines in Mexico etc. because they want to sell low quality products. What they ging to do once product is known for lack of quality? Put a gun to customers head and make them buy it?
As for education of workforce, American southeast is not far ahead, if at all.