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Hawkwood
Member
Username: Hawkwood
Post Number: 7
Registered: 04-2009
| | Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 09:51 am: | |
Over the past year I've heard Scuttlebutt about Stanwell from divers sources. Does anyone have definitive knowledge as to whether the Danish factory is closing or if production will be moved outside of Denmark [amounts to the same thing as far as I'm concerned, kind of like Doulton made in China]. Any info would be appreciated. |
Todd L. Platek
Member
Username: Lawyersmoker
Post Number: 65
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 07:59 pm: | |
If Stanwell's directors and chief carvers have Chinese visa stamps in their passports, that's a strong indication, given the way the wind is blowing. |
Russ Oechslin
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Username: Oldprof
Post Number: 161
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 10:20 pm: | |
This was from a Danish newspaper back in June -- Translation from a business associate at the Danish Museum in Elkhorn, Iowa
> Pibefabrik flytter udenlands
Pipe factory to move abroad.
> 03. jun. 2009 15.15 Ringsted
June 3, 2009 Ringsted
Det er snart slut med produktionen af piber her i regionen.
Soon production of pipes here in the region will end.
Produktionen af Stanwell piber i Borup lukker ved udgangen af �ret og flytter til udlandet.
Production of Stanwell Pipes in Borup will close at the end of this year and
move abroad.
Det sker som konsekvens af, at pibesalget i Danmark er n�sten halveret
igennem de sidste 14 �r.
Closure is the result of the fact that pipe sales in Denmark have decreased by
almost 50% in the last fourteen years.
Flytningen til udlandet vil betyde, at Stanwell fortsat kan producere piber
til konkurrencedygtige priser, men det betyder ogs� et farvel til de 17
medarbejdere i produktionen i Borup og til en unik �ra med pibeproduktion i
Danmark.
Moving production abroad will mean that Stanwell will be able to produce pipes
at a competitive price, but it also means an end to employment for the
seventeen employees in Borup and an end of a unique era in pipe production
here in Denmark.
Stanwell er den sidste deciderede pibefabrik i landet, tilbage er nu kun
sm� pibemagere, der laver eksklusive piber.
Stanwell is the last production facility in the country, leaving only small
pipe makers who produce customized pipes. |
Hawkwood
Member
Username: Hawkwood
Post Number: 9
Registered: 04-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 10:27 am: | |
Russ, your response is quite definitive! Thanks for the translation also, even though it saddens me. Curious that Danish sales would be the cause. I would have thought worldwide sales were far greater. |
Todd L. Platek
Member
Username: Lawyersmoker
Post Number: 66
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 04:35 pm: | |
FYI, in early December, in Haikou, China, there will be the First Int'l Chinese Pipe Exhibition, and the Danish Ambassador and a slew of Danish and other makers will attend. Your question can be definitely asked at that time, in that venue. If the answers are evasive, you have your answer. |
Russ Oechslin
Member
Username: Oldprof
Post Number: 162
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 05:26 pm: | |
Re your note Hawkwood:
"Curious that Danish sales would be the cause."
Denmark is not the country it once was. The population has changed along with many other European nations. |