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Mar 3, 2010 at 4:28 pm #1256022Mar 3, 2010 at 7:50 pm #1581451
So mid 2011 all consumer products will go to Europe for manufacture and be harder to come by?
Mar 4, 2010 at 10:46 am #1581669I don't think that production will move to Europe. If it moves, then more likely to Asia. Otherwise I hope that both continue to make the top-notch kit they have made thus far.
Mar 4, 2010 at 11:46 am #1581698Was ID all tuckered out from the Olympics?
Such mergers and acquisitions are always fraught with the danger of watering down the acquired brand and as always, here's hoping that doesn't happen here. Integral Designs has always brought a Pacific Northwest sensibility to their gear design that rendered them unique (see also, ArcTeryx before their buyout).
Equip/RAB clearly isn't Salomon or VF Corp, so perhaps they will remain as before, which would suit me just fine.
re. the Trailspace article. Is it possible for M&A press release language to not contain "synergy"? I suspect there's a law requiring its inclusion.
Cheers,
Rick
Mar 4, 2010 at 4:33 pm #1581887It will be an interesting partnership, if only because they each produce some similar, overlapping products with the same or similar technology.
I suspect Hendrik is correct – manufacture for ID would move from Calgary to China. I am a little sad by this.
Mar 4, 2010 at 4:36 pm #1581890Time for me to get the ID bivy I've been thinking of lately.
Mar 4, 2010 at 5:59 pm #1581928>>re. the Trailspace article. Is it possible for M&A press release language to not contain "synergy"? I suspect there's a law requiring its inclusion.
And don't forget the classic "the brands will realize efficiencies"
It looks like the items ID makes for the military/police markets will still be made in Calgary…
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