Serpent no more?
07-31-2008, 05:46 PM
#1
07-31-2008, 06:42 PM
#5
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We will be ok!!!!!!!!!
07-31-2008, 06:49 PM
#7
oh! crap!.........................
07-31-2008, 11:30 PM
#8
This is an email I received from Serpent Holland it could well be a press release:
Serpent continues, and stronger as before.
Serpent has decided to move all production and logistics to Asia. Serpent Distributors are supplied from Asia warehouses direct.
Product-development, marketing, sales and overall management will remain in Holland.
Due to high cost of manufactuering in Europe (Holland), the margins were getting to small to continue operation in Holland.
Certainly in todays very tough RC car market and with a weak economy and very weak USD against the euro, that does not help either.
Almost all major rc brands have their manufactuering already in Asia for long. Serpent started few years ago with the Serpent F180 chassis made by an expert manufacturer in Taiwan and lateron the Serpent S400 electric touringcar.
The Serpent 720 and 960 will be made in Asia too at an expert manufactuering facility for high end competition cars. The long awaited Serpent S120 1/12 scale pan-car is ready 1st week of august to ship worldwide. Details in our web www.serpent.com. The offroad cars in 1/8 and 1/10 are still under development and testing continues.
Serpent will ofcourse continue with our strong Serpent team.
At last weeks EC for 1/8, Serpent took TQ honours (Fantini) and put 4 cars in the Main with a nice podium finish by Cristiani.
Next big race is the Worlds in Portugal for 1/10 GP and we are certainly going for the title there.
Holland:
Serpent (under the trade name Ciro-RC Distribution) also operates a whole-sales distribution company for brands like Serpent, Mega, Xray, Hudy, Xceed, GRP, Speed Passion and few other brands. This whole-sale activity will be sold to another expert RC company, which will start operations soon, so that products and lines will remain available and well supported too.
Serpent has been around for over 25 years. By making above changes Serpent will be in a much stronger position on the longer run, with a more agile organisation and even higher quality products like before. We thank all Serpent fans worldwide for their continuing support !!
Serpent is ready for the next 25 years. Serpent, the race experience.
Michael Salven / Ronald Baar
www.serpent.com
Serpent continues, and stronger as before.
Serpent has decided to move all production and logistics to Asia. Serpent Distributors are supplied from Asia warehouses direct.
Product-development, marketing, sales and overall management will remain in Holland.
Due to high cost of manufactuering in Europe (Holland), the margins were getting to small to continue operation in Holland.
Certainly in todays very tough RC car market and with a weak economy and very weak USD against the euro, that does not help either.
Almost all major rc brands have their manufactuering already in Asia for long. Serpent started few years ago with the Serpent F180 chassis made by an expert manufacturer in Taiwan and lateron the Serpent S400 electric touringcar.
The Serpent 720 and 960 will be made in Asia too at an expert manufactuering facility for high end competition cars. The long awaited Serpent S120 1/12 scale pan-car is ready 1st week of august to ship worldwide. Details in our web www.serpent.com. The offroad cars in 1/8 and 1/10 are still under development and testing continues.
Serpent will ofcourse continue with our strong Serpent team.
At last weeks EC for 1/8, Serpent took TQ honours (Fantini) and put 4 cars in the Main with a nice podium finish by Cristiani.
Next big race is the Worlds in Portugal for 1/10 GP and we are certainly going for the title there.
Holland:
Serpent (under the trade name Ciro-RC Distribution) also operates a whole-sales distribution company for brands like Serpent, Mega, Xray, Hudy, Xceed, GRP, Speed Passion and few other brands. This whole-sale activity will be sold to another expert RC company, which will start operations soon, so that products and lines will remain available and well supported too.
Serpent has been around for over 25 years. By making above changes Serpent will be in a much stronger position on the longer run, with a more agile organisation and even higher quality products like before. We thank all Serpent fans worldwide for their continuing support !!
Serpent is ready for the next 25 years. Serpent, the race experience.
Michael Salven / Ronald Baar
www.serpent.com
08-01-2008, 07:03 AM
#9
My beloved Serpent is now a Kyosho.... say it ain't so... ((((shaking head))))
08-01-2008, 07:17 AM
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08-01-2008, 07:26 AM
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So they are getting out of wholesale distribution, and moving to a region that is friendlier to production facilities...
sounds good to me...
sounds good to me...
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