Sehr geehrte Herr Ian!
Es spricht alles dafur... oh, I can't keep it up, and anyway, I don't know how to do umlauts, the scharfes S and things on this keyboard.
You could be right about Weiss, I suppose, though for reasons already stated, I think it unlikely that a German firm would opt for Seig as a trading name with which to be associated. Like you, I intend no racial slur, but all nations have bits of history which they would rather hadn't happened.
mit Freundlichen Grussen,
Andy
steam4ian <fosterscons@...> wrote:
Guten Morgen alles fruender.
Robin's research discovered that the WM180V is manufactured in China by
Weiss. Well done!
Andy wrote "Weiss is German for white, and Sieg is German for victory -
the Chinese seem to be attracted to German-sounding trade-names"
Based on our commercial experience in Oz this is to be expected. Both
Weiss and Sieg are probably German owned companies which have moved off-
shore to take advantage of lower wages and other 3rd world advantages.
Rather than being owned by Mssrs Wong and Lee they are probable owned
by Herrs Schwartz und Schmid. (Please note that the above ethnic stereo-
typing is in no way intended as a slur on any race colour or individual
but is simply used to illustrate a point.)
In Oz we have had whole factories move offshore, from heavy power
equipment to food processing to boot manfacture. Whole factories have
been packed up over a weekend to go to China or Thailalnd, the
ownership does not change.
Point of this dicussion? These lathes are not cheap copies of
something better but follow a European design. The weeknesses of Sieg's
design are more likely to be of commercial origin than representative
of any ethnic shortcomings.
The Weiss lathe would appear a better product than the Sieg 7x12. But
as value for money, Apart from Warco what other pricing information do
we have?
Enough ranting or I will be relegated to the 7x10 group!
One good turn deserves another.
Regards,
Ian
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