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Who put your Eton E1 together?
Hmmm, so according to Passport to World Band Radio, the E1 was
manufactured at Bharat Electronics in Bangalore. Bharat Electronics website: http://www.bel-india.com/Website/Asp/HomePage.htm FAS profile on Bharat Electronics: http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/india/contractor/bel.htm Jai Hind. junius |
Who put your Eton E1 together?
if wonder if Eton didn't like the poor construction quality of the 800 and
jumped ship to another manufacturer "junius" wrote in message oups.com... Hmmm, so according to Passport to World Band Radio, the E1 was manufactured at Bharat Electronics in Bangalore. Bharat Electronics website: http://www.bel-india.com/Website/Asp/HomePage.htm FAS profile on Bharat Electronics: http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/india/contractor/bel.htm Jai Hind. junius |
Who put your Eton E1 together?
mike maghakian wrote:
if wonder if Eton didn't like the poor construction quality of the 800 and jumped ship to another manufacturer They probably didn't want to take a chance people would associate the new radio with the with the old factory. That and the fact that they've shown they WILL use another manufacturer if needed puts them in a much better bargaining position when negotiating the next pricing round. Hopefully the Indian sets are so noticeably better that they will become long term partners. It's always nicer buying stuff made in a democratic country than made in a totalitarian fascist State. China stopped being communist when the government adopted the Corporate State.system of commerce.It's still a police state, but the politicos are getting very wealthy. mike |
Who put your Eton E1 together?
Yeah, well, what was kind of interesting in the Federation of American
Scientist profile was the first paragraph: "Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) was established in 1954 to meet the Defence needs of the Government of India. Three units of BEL, located in Bangalore, Hyderabad & Ghaziabad, were included on the list of Indian entities that were subjected to US sanctions announced after the May 1998 nuclear tests. Added to the US sanctions, these units are also faced with passive sanctions from some European countries." In any case, the U.S. sanctions against BEL were subsequently removed. Business profile: http://in.biz.yahoo.com/p/b/baje.bo.html |
Who put your Eton E1 together?
junius wrote: Hmmm, so according to Passport to World Band Radio, the E1 was manufactured at Bharat Electronics in Bangalore. Bharat Electronics website: http://www.bel-india.com/Website/Asp/HomePage.htm FAS profile on Bharat Electronics: http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/india/contractor/bel.htm Jai Hind. junius Welcome to the world of global manufacturing and trading. In this case whether the label says "Grundig" or "Eton" is really no indication of where it was made. At one time Grundig made radios first in Germany then in Portugal. The owners of the Grundig and Eton names now sell radios that were assembled in one or more locations with parts that come from all manner of countries. This is nothing new. Those two giants of Japan, Seiko and Sony both make many of their products in off-shore locations with parts from suppliers in many countries. Take a good close look at the country of origin for many parts in your car - you might be surprised at how multinational your vehicle really is. Is there a specific reason we should be concerned that "Eton" or "Grundig" radios are made in one or more of locations like: India, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Mexico, Brazil? |
Who put your Eton E1 together?
How many radios are actually manufactured in Amrtica now,two or three?
How long will that last? I suppose most of the parts are made in other countries.I believe that is something to be concerned about.China will be selling Chinese manufactured cars and vans in U.S.A.in a year or two at about thirty to forty percent less price than similar American manufactured vehicles,thanks to Malcom Bricklin. cuhulin |
Who put your Eton E1 together?
This is nothing new.
Well, the "Manufactured in India" part is rather novel for a shortwave set. I had posted the original message simply because I found the company's history interesting, not out as any commentary on global manufacturing/trade. In any case, it actually is reassuring that it's not being put together by the Tecsun folks. junius |
Who put your Eton E1 together?
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Who put your Eton E1 together?
junius wrote: This is nothing new. Well, the "Manufactured in India" part is rather novel for a shortwave set. I suppose, but I wouldn't give it much thought. If the China and India combine into some sort of Asian Union then watch out, because it will be a real economic force. I had posted the original message simply because I found the company's history interesting, not out as any commentary on global manufacturing/trade. In any case, it actually is reassuring that it's not being put together by the Tecsun folks. I don't know who actually designed the Eton E1 - it could have been Tecsun or Degen I suppose. I believe that Tecsun is part of Degen and that the Eton radios come from one or more of their factories. Whether Degen/Tecsun farms out production to another company in India probably isn't as important as the original design and quality control applied during production. junius |
Who put your Eton E1 together?
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mike maghakian wrote: if wonder if Eton didn't like the poor construction quality of the 800 and jumped ship to another manufacturer Eton is probably like all the other US "import 'em and sell 'em" consumer electronics "Brand"s. Every product in their line may be made by a different factory. And the reverse, every similar unit in a store may be made by the same factory, despite what company's name is on the box. One example I know of was the Koss CD/Cassette Boombox I had. The same unit was available from Radio Shack, RCA, and several other labels. Lurking in sci.electronics.repair a couple of years ago, just about everybody's VCR from Sony down to Walmart trash was the same Funai unit with a bit different packaging. One check is to look at the FCC ID number that anything that has a microcomputer in it has to have to show that it was tested for radio interference. Often the importer won't bother to have their own check done and will just leave the unit with the factory's registry number. Mark Zenier Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com) |
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