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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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