Originally Posted by
YoungChazz
All CF and plastic parts, which is most of them, in all X Factory vehicles are made in the U.S.A. The CF parts -- more than half of each vehicle -- are made right in our shop in Ohio. Some molded parts are made in California, the rest in Ohio. We purchase all hardware from a supplier in New Jersey. Our printing is done in Ohio, and our decal sheets come from Arizona. The boxes we use, both the white Kit boxes and the shipping containers, are made in U.S.A. Our plastic bags are purchased from an Illinois supplier.
Our home is the small farming community of Whitehouse, Ohio, near Toledo. All the Ohio stuff is made in metro Toledo -- we do everything we can as near as possible to home.
We are proud of this, and will not change. We receive sales pitches almost every day from someone overseas making something we use. They all go straight to the trash.
There is an American flag hanging on the wall inside our shop which was flown on a combat mission over Iraq by one of our Team drivers. When you walk in, you can't possibly miss it!
I tip my hat to you guys, I was trying to start a business (TAP RC) which also had the theme, "Designed and Manufactured in the USA." The second part is quite the most challenging thing to do since 4 out of 6 of my designs could not be manufactured due to it not being economical and price competitive...
I'm a firm believer that we (Americans) can design and produce some of the world's greatest things and still be able to make a profit (in niche market of course).
But I also have nothing against things from overseas, if our domestic operations and manufacturing isn't the best nor efficient, I don't think it should be supported simply because of the geographic location. I think our designs and products should be appreciated by the value that it brings to customers, the cleverness of the design, with the fairest and lowest cost possible to the consumer and still be able to be profitable...
Just my $0.02