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Re: LEGO moves production
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:52:00 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ray Sanders wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
> > Just wanted to be the one who made post number 50.000 in "General"....!
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> > But as to the subject, in the Danish television yesterday it was announced, that
> > LEGO will move a considerable part of its production capacity from Billund
> > (Denmark) to the Czech Republic. There are 1600 people employed in production in
> > Billund, and the first 100 positions will be moved now, more following later.
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> > Arne, Copenhagen
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> So this means that parts are currently molded in ...
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> Denmark, Switzerland and the Czech Republic ?
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> Sets are being assembled in ...
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> Denmark, Enfield/USA and (possibly) South Korea ?
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> Ray
To the best of my knowledge, that is correct. The sets are made in-country to
be more adaptable to the product mix that is desired by the marketplace in each
country (plus, I figure it's easier to ship bricks en masse than sets--a lot of
physical space savings there in shipping!)
Scott Lyttle
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| (...) I thought Enfield was now a distribution center only and all molding and set assembly/packaging has been terminated. Who has been there lately and can confirm/deny? (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) So this means that parts are currently molded in ... Denmark, Switzerland and the Czech Republic ? Sets are being assembled in ... Denmark, Enfield/USA and (possibly) South Korea ? Ray (20 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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