I think all major international companies can take appropriate steps to
see that their own quality control procedures are followed. What China
needs is a national quality control organization to produce standards
and those quality control stickers like the Japanese used to stick on
their cameras. But then they'll need to figure out some way to defeat
the counterfeiters. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Tim Hughes wrote:
> Almost all major microscope makers now have their microscopes made in China,
> including the well
> known German and Japanese (like Olympus) companies.
>
> Tim Hughes
>
>
> --- "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Made in China not necessary mean they are low quality, product quality is
>> depending on the "Quality System", if the company has a good quality system
>> and is duplicating the same in China, the quality will also be good.
>>
>> My Sony and Samsung notebook computers were also made in PRC and they are
>> still working well after two years.
>>
>> My whole career was devoted to electronics manufacturing (product
>> introduction section). The first half was in computer and second half was in
>> ballast manufacturing. The ballast factory is belonging to a German lighting
>> company and it is one of the biggest two in the world. The quality system is
>> straightly following the mother company's requirement and I can proudly say
>> they are very good.
>>
>> The limitation to make a good quality product is "cost", we (and our
>> suppliers) are forced to source new low cost suppliers and risking some
>> unknown factors which can only be rectified after some problem happen (by
>> helping the new suppliers to improve the quality).
>>
>> BTW, there are design quality and manufacturing quality. Based on my
>> experience for the high end devices, the design quality is more important.
>> Especially for the time critical product, the design cycling time could be
>> too short.
>>
>>
>> C.H.Ling
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>>
>>> Assembled there with bits made in China perhaps.
>>>
>>> I'd bet that the M8 is a piece of 21st century junk compared to the M3 of
>>> old.
>>>
>>> jh
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>> Solms
>>>> Andrew Fildes
>>>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 13/06/2008, at 11:31 AM, John Hudson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Where is the M8 body made? ............... and likewise the lenses ?
>>
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