Comment by nottorp
1 year ago
Are those actually still made in Germany? Siemens got sold looong ago, or at least their consumer facing parts, as far as i know.
Except maybe the Bosch oven is made in germany. But tbh I wouldn't buy a Bosch oven, in my corner of the world outside Germany they're known for good tools not kitchen appliances. My Bosch electric screwdriver is great :)
Yes they're still labeled Made in Germany. Although what exactly is made in Germany is unknown to me.
They might even just do the bare minimum for that compliance , and put together sloppily made Chinese made parts in a cardboard box in some warehouse in Germany and call that Made in Germany in order to get subsides from the German state for maintaining jobs in Germany.
> and put together sloppily made Chinese made parts
... and you can't even blame the Chinese.
I've worked a bit for companies having custom hardware manufactured in China. The factory will build exactly what you pay them for.
From sloppy stuff thrown into a box and shipped untested to clean work with reliable parts and a burn in test done before it leaves the factory. It's just that every additional step costs extra and the dignified western industrialists are trying to save money there...
I never blamed the Chinese suppliers, since to me as the end consumer it's irelevant who their suppliers are and what they do, I only blamed the German companies that sold me the product since I gave them the money not to their Chinese suppliers so it's their responsibility to provide me with a quality product.