Originally posted by Diki:
Bill, is this good news or not? Will any of them continue to make, sell and develop new Wersi's, or are they moving in because in essence, Wersi is GONE...?
Sorry my German isn't good enough to glean the answer from the website.
I'd hedge my bets they moved in because the production line Wersi had was probably far more advanced than their existing line and they were almost assuredly guaranteed an instant available workforce.
Wersi was bought by another company and its been reported they'll continue producing some of the existing OAS products Wersi has. Being that these instruments all use the same software (although some had variants), I doubt software support or future updates will be an issue. I'm certain design and development will continue in Germany with nearly all instruments or parts used for assembly coming from China, Indonesia, and other parts of the world where labor is super cheap.
Contrary to what many people think China, Indonesia, and India can and do produce many products of exceptional quality for various manufacturers in the US and abroad. Often you won't even know the products parts were made in these countries but assembled elsewhere. What matters most is the QC the manufacturer uses for products outsourced. I know of one manufacturer who has microphones made in China and they reject quite a few due to QC they do here in the USA. Those "rejected" mics get sold to other companies who put their name on them because they don't care that the quality didn't meet certain standards. One manufacturers junk is the other manufacturers TOTL microphone. No joke!