killie99;208852 Wrote: > I have worked in the electronics industry in the UK for over 20 years > and this is how you label products, you don't get a choice on how to do > it as you have to comply with international regulations regarding > import/export and it has absolutely nothing to do with SlimDevices (or > any manufacturer) trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes. > > I think you're playing with semantics regarding whether something is > "manufactured" or "assembled" and if you ask 100 people what they think > that means you'll get a stack of different answers.
Here's the US Government's take on it (since we're talking about a US company having made claims of employing US labor): http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/madeusa.shtm >From what I see, sixofone's interpretation is correct (that document doesn't explicitly cover "manufactured in", but this investigation letter does: http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/madeusa/letters/edcor.shtm). If the rest of you are right about part sourcing, very few companies producing sophisticated electronic gear in the US should be allowed to use labels claiming US "manufacture", and most couldn't even claim US "assembly" without a qualifying phrase like "of imported components." Personally, I was glad to see the label tout some sort of US manufacturing, but I don't think I really expected that to mean more than some soldering and assembly in Mountain View. Given the rules, does anyone else find it odd that the FTC hasn't had any enforcement actions in over five years? http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/usajump.shtm -Peter -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim BlankSaver BottleRocket FuzzyTime SaverSwitcher SleepFade StatusFirst VolumeLock ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35899 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
