Originally Posted by lowroad

I'm of the opinion that there are only so many manufacturers of these things. I'm guessing 3-4 TOPS. Probably less. Everything is made amongst this limited number of factories, then anodized to whatever color the client (castle, novak, whomever) chooses. I find it highly unlikely that castle OWNS a factory in China. What sense would that make?

There isn't a separate manufacturer for each company. There just isn't. It wouldn't be cost effective to produce this way, and the chinese are rather cost effective in terms of production. So it's ezrun on the night shift and xx high dollar motor seller on the day shift. They'll make a giant run of green, then switch the equipment over and make blue or orange. Same with shoes, jeans, everything else. It's how it is these days.