On 9/26/2011 8:17 PM, dpb wrote:
On 9/26/2011 7:04 PM, aemeijers wrote:
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and noticed the PowerMore engine looked a whole lot like my shiny new
Kohler. Went home and looked online, and apparently there is an OEM in
China that makes utility engines for a lot of different equipment
companies. So pretty clearly my new engine was born in China. My
question would be, do these OEM companies build them any better for name
manufacturers? Or are small engines totally a commodity at this point?

Kohler web site, of course, is silent on where they get engines from.
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Well, not entirely...it says they formed a joint venture in China so
they are building at least some of their product there for (one
presumes) both foreign and domestic markets. It also notes they bought
an Italian small engine manufacturer at roughly the same time for a
European presence.

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I found a note about the China joint venture on the MTD web site, but
didn't notice one on Kohler site. Guess I'll have to look again.

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