kpotter
Diamond
- Joined
- Apr 30, 2001
- Location
- tucson arizona usa
When the euro was strong we shipped quite a bit of our tools into europe. The drop in the euro has trashed our sales there. I went to france a few months ago and went to a few shops that could produce our products in paris. We just had our first runs of parts completed and shipped to the customers everything worked out well. The thing that blew me away was the cost to manufacture the parts in paris was the same as in Tucson Az. The difference was pennies in cost which was probably exchange related. I didnt even negotiate price. These are lathe turned parts and laser cut parts as well as powder coating. I just thought you guys might be interested to know the cost similarities. I can get my products produced in mexico for 70 percent less than here in the US. We dont do it but it gives you something to compare with.