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Electronics products...where are they made/designed?
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SteveyG:

--- Quote from: themadhippy on July 20, 2021, 02:49:55 pm ---
--- Quote ---True, but they all are produced independently despite coming from the same factory. Waitrose, M&S etc had very differing requirements from the cheaper brands.
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wanna bet? i spent several weeks working in a factory and saw it with my own eyes,  the only difference is how its packaged,so waitrose cheapest brand is exactly the same as tescos cheapest,waitrose expensive is the same as aldis finest, apart from being in different packaging.Another clever trick is a brand advertising they dont make for any one else,no they dont, but they dont make it themselves either ,the product is made by there mother company who also churn out the same product for anyone who wants to buy it.

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What factory is this? If the product managers witnessed that, they would have lost their contract instantly.
fcb:

--- Quote from: SteveyG on July 23, 2021, 09:52:42 am ---
--- Quote from: themadhippy on July 20, 2021, 02:49:55 pm ---
--- Quote ---True, but they all are produced independently despite coming from the same factory. Waitrose, M&S etc had very differing requirements from the cheaper brands.
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wanna bet? i spent several weeks working in a factory and saw it with my own eyes,  the only difference is how its packaged,so waitrose cheapest brand is exactly the same as tescos cheapest,waitrose expensive is the same as aldis finest, apart from being in different packaging.Another clever trick is a brand advertising they dont make for any one else,no they dont, but they dont make it themselves either ,the product is made by there mother company who also churn out the same product for anyone who wants to buy it.

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What factory is this? If the product managers witnessed that, they would have lost their contract instantly.

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Themadhippy is not wrong. Not always the identical product (although often is), sometimes they have slightly different formulation - but same production lines.
Faringdon:

--- Quote --- If China put their prices up, production will most likely move to another low wage country. Even if manufacturing does return to the west, it will be heavilly automated and create few jobs.
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Thanks, i'm not really talking specifically of production...i am speaking of entire electronics engineering companies, such as Gtech, being taken out of UK and done elsewhere. The whole shebang...(obviously the sales and marketting gets left in UK)

--- Quote ---@Faringdon -- relax... If electronics products from China indeed become more expensive in the future, more electronics design/manufacturing/jobs will come back to Europe and the UK.
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...Thanks, yes, I think it would come back to Germany, and Benelux etc, because they have been responsible, and have kept engineering going....i  am highly doubtful that any jobs would come back to UK......the "knowledge" of electronics would have left UK to the extent that it cant come back to UK...the people who run UK dont seem to want engineering here.
The problems of those such as myself, would easily be solved by a move to Mainland EU, but since Brexit, its all but impossible.
ebastler:

--- Quote from: Faringdon on July 23, 2021, 12:51:47 pm ---The problems of those such as myself, would easily be solved by a move to Mainland EU, but since Brexit, its all but impossible.

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Yes, it would have been easier if you had moved to an EU country before the end of 2020. Then the UK/EU "Withdrawal Agreement" would have given you the right to stay, continuing into 2021 and beyond I believe.

But to my knowledge it should still be quite possible to take residency in Europe if you find a job here. Assuming that you have an academic degree, the "Blue Card EU" option should apply. It does require you to present a specific job offer, and your right to stay in the country will only last while you are on that job, I believe.  But you can of course look for a follow-on job (in the same or a different country) and take residency there if you have another job offer in hand, using the same Blue Card mechanism.
Just_another_Dave:

--- Quote from: ebastler on July 23, 2021, 01:50:44 pm ---
--- Quote from: Faringdon on July 23, 2021, 12:51:47 pm ---The problems of those such as myself, would easily be solved by a move to Mainland EU, but since Brexit, its all but impossible.

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Yes, it would have been easier if you had moved to an EU country before the end of 2020. Then the UK/EU "Withdrawal Agreement" would have given you the right to stay, continuing into 2021 and beyond I believe.

But to my knowledge it should still be quite possible to take residency in Europe if you find a job here. Assuming that you have an academic degree, the "Blue Card EU" option should apply. It does require you to present a specific job offer, and your right to stay in the country will only last while you are on that job, I believe.  But you can of course look for a follow-on job (in the same or a different country) and take residency there if you have another job offer in hand, using the same Blue Card mechanism.

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Some European countries also offer residence permits for enterpreneurs. However, I don’t know which requirements need to be met to be able to apply for it
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