Posted on 09/17/2005 10:31:04 AM PDT by DogBarkTree
Kingston is expected to produce about 10 percent of the white and cream-colored dinnerware; while the rest of the product line, including Dansk, will come from China and Eastern Europe, said Buddy Halt, manager of the Pomona plant.
Oh No!!!!!!!! DOOMED!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone care,why?
Ping
We visited Stoke-on-Trent in the UK a couple of years ago hoping to find some factory outlets. Most of the factories were closed up and the production moved to Indochina.
Seems like it's happening all over.
I have a friend who worked at Corning glass in Albion Michigan until they moved to Australia about 25 years ago. I assume the company no longer exists in Australia either.
Prices will remain the same as when it was produced here, but the quality is greatly reduced.
We have Lenox crystal. I broke a wineglass and needed to replace it, so we went to the factory outlet in Oxford, NC. A first quality glass, 1 wine glass, was 49.00 but was in no way equal to the ones we alreay own. It was chunkier, heavier and less refined to look at. It was a sore thumb stand out on the table with our others we own so I returned it. No thank you! Chinese Lenox is not the same and Lenox, who used to value their quality and their name, should be ashamed.
The man slowly looked up at his computer screen as put his fork down on his paper plate. He never felt the guilt for what had happened to his country because of his lack of American China.
Too bad we can't get those Mexicans to do the jobs that Americans don't want.
This is happening a lot with stuff being manufactured in China. Same high price, lower quality ( but hey, the shareholders are happy ).
I don't know about this. China from China simply doesn't have the same ring to the ear.
For those of us who are NOT China plate knowledgable.
What IS a good name?
Is there anything left made outside of asia?
"China from China simply doesn't have the same ring to the ear."
LOL The only thing worse than China with no ding is a chink in a silver serving platter.
Are you logged on?
> Prices will remain the same as when it was produced here, but the quality is greatly reduced.
One would hope this is a short-lived phenomenon. I hope we figure out that we have to be able to MAKE THINGS here in order to survive as a nation.
I think the same can be said for 95% of everything made in China. Low quality, no care or skill going into its manufacture.
Sad!
I had a nice set of graceful little shell-shaped dishes made by Dansk in Denmark. Nice for shrimp cocktail. And also for serving kittie dinner to my spoiled cat. I looked for new ones to replace those broken, but now they are made in China and truly clunky and ugly and not good enough for catfood.
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