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      |  |  | In lugnet.lego, Tom Stangl writes: > I still fail to see how this will save them money, unless:
 >    1 - having the extra sets of molds/machines is killing production costs
 >    2 - the raw ABS is ONLY available from Europe.
 >
 > I can't see how molding the bricks overseas and shipping them to the US will be
 > cheaper than molding them here UNLESS the raw ABS is only available overseas and
 > they are currently shipping it HERE to be molded.  Even then, the shipping costs
 > will be GREATLY increased, as molded bricks take up MUCH more volume than raw
 > pellets.
 >
 > The extra machines can't be a factor, they'll either be destroying them or
 > shipping them to another plant, in which case they'll still be producing more
 > molds for those machines.  Unless they want MORE machines in one plant capable
 > of spitting out a bigger variety of pieces at any one time.
 >
 > Personally, I think they should have kept the machines here, and shifted them
 > over to the specialized pieces for Bulk.
 
 Well, according to
 
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/Business/News_Analysis/2000-12/lego201200.shtml
 
 By letting 1,000 people go they save £83Mil(122,159,397 USD)
 
 I'm not sure.
 
 Kevin
 
 <snip of Larry's post>
 
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