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In lugnet.lego, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just noticed this press release:
>
> http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=pressdetail&contentid=12504&countrycode=2057
>
> Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen retires, and LEGOLAND parks will be a seperate company,
> after new losses this year.
> > Follow-up: In the Danish TV News, in two interviews,
> > the new CEO said, that most of the production would probably be moved to
> > China (where Click-its and many parts are already made)
> > and KKK said that the trouble for LEGO was that they had focused too much
> > on growth, and had becomed too dependant on licensed products, as opposed
> > to the basic brick !!!! and furthermore it was mentioned, that KKK will
> > give 800 mill DKr (appx 140 mill US dollars) of his own personal fortune to
> > TLC. Arne, Copenhagen
Could some one clarify, didn't TLG plan-on, or already move some production/
warehouse facilities to Eastern Europe to cut-costs?!?
Anyways, i'm betting quality standards will slip in China...
(i know, this nation is making better products daily, but i
simply expect more from Lego...perhaps i shouldn't, but i do)
Good cars are still made in Germany, BMW can attest...
Can't Lego retain its production in Europe, and still be profitable.
Quantity over quality is gonna be TLG's new motto.
What happened to those efficient Danish manufacturing plants, or are they gonna
ship the machinery over to China and utilize their labour intensive slave system
to churn out the bricks.
I hope some under-cover reporter does an investigative report on Lego in China
in five years and reports a scandal...would serve them right.
Isn't TLG the #1 major industry in Denmark... what will happen to the countries
GDP...the Nation should subsidize TLG as a protected-national-corporation and
work with them!
Man this sucks...
I mean, how much good can come of this?
Cheaper bricks!?!
Yup, both in price and in product!
!Just wow,
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In lugnet.lego, Richard Noeckel wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
> > Just noticed this press release:
> >
> > http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=pressdetail&contentid=12504&countrycode=2057
> >
> > Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen retires, and LEGOLAND parks will be a seperate
> > > Follow-up: In the Danish TV News, in two interviews,
> > > the new CEO said, that most of the production would
> > > probably be moved to China
>
> Could some one clarify, didn't TLG plan-on, or already move some production/
> warehouse facilities to Eastern Europe to cut-costs?!?
>
> Anyways, i'm betting quality standards will slip in China...
> (i know, this nation is making better products daily, but i
> simply expect more from Lego...perhaps i shouldn't, but i do)
> Good cars are still made in Germany, BMW can attest...
> Can't Lego retain its production in Europe, and still be profitable.
> Quantity over quality is gonna be TLG's new motto.
> What happened to those efficient Danish manufacturing plants, or are they gonna
> ship the machinery over to China and utilize their labour intensive slave system
> to churn out the bricks.
>
> I hope some under-cover reporter does an investigative report on Lego in China
> in five years and reports a scandal...would serve them right.
>
> Isn't TLG the #1 major industry in Denmark... what will happen to the countries
> GDP...the Nation should subsidize TLG as a protected-national-corporation and
> work with them!
>
> Man this sucks...
> I mean, how much good can come of this?
> Cheaper bricks!?!
> Yup, both in price and in product!
>
> !Just wow,
I got so worked up that i forgot to sign my name at the bottom of this post!
Oh, and just for Ka-On Lee, i only meant "labor intensive slave system" in terms
relative to the developed western nations ideology towards humane treatment of
industry workers.
Signing-off,
--==Richard==--
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Snipped a lot of the post because I see much of it has been covered by others
already.
In lugnet.lego, Richard Noeckel wrote:
> Isn't TLG the #1 major industry in Denmark... what will happen to the countries
> GDP...the Nation should subsidize TLG as a protected-national-corporation and
> work with them!
ONE good thing about the EU is that this sort of anti-competitive chicanery is
against EU rules. And sometimes the EU even actually does something about it.
Why? Because it's a terrifically dumb idea.
So no, Denmark SHOULDN'T subsidise TLG.
XFUT .debate
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