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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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