"Eric" wrote in message
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"Tony Bryer" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:36:49 +0100 Mr Pounder wrote :
They used to manufacture a car there, it was called the Holden.
Then, General Motors pulled the plug. They make **** all now.

Holdens, Toyotas and Fords are built here. But there's no
pretending that our high dollar and small market makes
manufacturing challenging at best

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Tony Bryer, Greentram: 'Software to build on',
Melbourne, Australia www.greentram.com

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Sometimes "assembled" means "made here".The parts are from worlds
uniknown.

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Eric

So, by your reckoning, it has to be 100% "made in " to qualify


What about the almighty American Motorcycle the Harley Davidson ?

Do a check and you will find that half of it is made overseas.
The wheels, made in OZ for years
the electrics, made in Taiwan
The front forks were made in Japan, probably still are
Motor technology comes from Germany.

That is why the HD factory went broke in the 1970's, they thought they could
make the best motorcycle, but couldn't,
AMI took over and they went broke, then they discovered overseas talent for
making motorcycles and implemented that process and are still afloat
for now.