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|    Wilfred van Velzen to Richard Miles    |
|    Re: made vs manufactured    |
|    12 Sep 21 13:36:19    |
      TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815       RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes       TZUTC: 0200       CHRS: UTF-8 2       PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221       MSGID: 2:280/464 613de6c5       REPLY: 1:3634/24 65d6e2aa       Hi Richard,              On 2021-09-11 21:11:55, you wrote to August Abolins:               AA>> I just noticed this little confusing labelling on a product that I        AA>> brought in for my shop. So... it's manufactured in USA, but made in               RM> My guess is that it's cheaper to ship parts and raw materials to China and        RM> have them assemble them and ship back.              And that is changing, now that shipping costs have gone tenfold in some cases.       Businesses are looking into getting their products manufactured closer to       home...              Bye, Wilfred.       --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815        * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)       SEEN-BY: 30/0 80/1 103/705 105/81 124/5016 129/305 153/757 203/0 221/0       SEEN-BY: 221/1 6 229/426 428 450 664 700 240/1120 5832 261/38 280/464       SEEN-BY: 282/464 1038 292/8125 301/0 1 101 113 812 310/31 322/757       SEEN-BY: 341/66 396/45 423/120 460/58 712/848 920/1 5058/104       PATH: 280/464 301/1 229/426           |
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