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Re: A VERY interesting article on the Lego Business
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 21 Dec 2000 01:06:26 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Nathan McDowell writes:
> I was wondering about one other point that the author made, he said
> that LEGO has a factory in Switzerland and that it's prohibitively expensive
> to produce things there. Then why not close that one and keep the factory
> in the U.S. open?
I believe (but am not sure) that the Swiss factory is a tool and die shop.
That is, it doesn't produce parts, just molds for parts which are used in
the molding plants worldwide.
Switzerland has a reputation for producing some of the highest precision,
rugged, and close tolerance tool and die work in the world. This was
especially true 20-30 years ago when the factory was built, I believe.
Closing the Swiss operation without a replacement would then completely
cripple any new part production (or replacing molds once they wore out)...
++Lar
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| (...) From reading the article again (a little closer this time) it says that the Swiss factory is one of two main factories (from what you've said- tool and die type factories) and from the article it looks like they are, in fact, planning to (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) (from the last paragraph) "The danger is that this bid for long-term survival could impair Lego's greatest asset – its uniqueness and creativity. By hitching its name to other great brands, it may be diminishing its own." I've said that (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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