In article , Tr says...

On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 17:32:17 -0800, tommyknocker
wrote:

Most "Grundig" radios are engineered and manufactured in China by
Tecsun, which sells them under the Tecsun name in Asia, Eton in Europe,
and Grundig in North America. The only exception that I know of is the
Satellit 800 which electronically is an old Drake design but which is
made by Tecsun. I'm not sure if Grundig still actually exists or whether
it like many old American brands is simply a name that is bought and
sold.

Since when is Grundig Werke GmbH (now Grundig Group) - founded by Max
Grundig in 1945 in Germany- "American Brand???? Grundig headquarters
are always situated in Germany! Grundig had always most of his
factories around Nuernberg, in Bayreuth and elswhere in Germany. In
1965 opened a factory in Braga (Portugal), later in France, Wales,
Malaysia etc. For example I've only some 3 years old Grundig TV made
in Germany!
The situation may changed so as in april 2003 Grundig declared itself
bankrupt and is heavily restructured at the moment
(http://www.grundig.com/presse.grundig/index.html)

Only in North America some of Eton's (formerly Lextronix, Palo Alto,
California) under licensing agreement produced items, like shortwave
radios, are sold under the Grundig brand name.

For Europe market situation is that most products come from Grundig
old German factories still continuing working. (but eg YachtBoy 400 is
produced in China for all markets, so it was actually designed in
Grundig Germany).

You can read about Grundig history from 1945 - 1997 (taken from an old
Grundig website materials, not awailable anymore from Grindig itself)
following this link:
http://www.geocities.com/grundigradioboy/myhistory.htm

About the current restructuring situation see:
(http://www.grundig.com/presse.grundi...dig/index.html)
(http://www.grundig.com/presse.grundi...tee/index.html)

Nuremberg, 24th September 2003: Dr Siegfried Beck commented on the
status of investor negotiations: “It remains the case, that no overall
investor will come on board. The Grundig businesses HIS (Home
IntermediaSystems), GCIS (Grundig Car InterMedia System), GBS (Grundig
Business Systems) and SAT Systems will all be handed over to different
investors. Whereas we have made significant progress with GCIS and
have already signed an exclusivity agreement one potential investor,
we still have various offers for the other areas to consider. We will
now continue the process of concrete contract negotiations.”

Tr


I guess my basic question is do I think of "fine German engineering" when I
think of Grundig radios or "fine Chinese engineering"?

elfa