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Originally Posted by AftermathAlero
Kicker is not made in stillwater, oklahoma. That is where they are from. And design and test everything. The headquarters. Everything and/or most of the item is made in china or tawain. (how do I know?, my friend was sponsored by them last year, and we got all the boxes still. BIG stamp on the side of the brown box saying made in china. but it dont stay on the amp or subwoofer box itself. Just on the brown shipping box w/ the model numbers. LOL) Maybe they got some stuff still made in america but I doubt it nowadays.
Most other countries will re-produce any item at 1/4 the cost. (we ..America.. want too much money to do anything. That is how this economy is so messed up.) No one is producing anything in the country no more. It is all outsourced for cheaper labor rates. Which leads to why bodykit.org is selling the OSV kit for 1500. That is america's labor pricing. I know some people oversea's who can reproduce the kit for 150 bucks total, then anyone can resell it and mark up the kit up to 400 bucks. people in china for example makes like 1 US Dollar an hour. which is why stuff is reproduced cheaper. LOL
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We are their logistics provider. I have their account in my A/R. I have spoke with Jay Ralston. I know its a mixed bag of import and domestic. They have to give details on every order domestic or import. Imports can have a made in china on them based on an "assist" which is work done here and then added to there and reimported. Design and Engineering is done in US. Manufacturing is outsourced. Idea and Design came from US
http://newsok.com/made-in-oklahoma-s...rticle/3268132
I can tell you why we don't use China's complete manufacturing too. Their machines are dated so badly that if you send pigment over there to make paint. The quality is considered sub par compared to keeping the pigment and making the paint here. We use their assemnly because of oh so many tiny hands and lots o people.