pka45: The issue I think is that we have all had experience with questionable goods made in China and Kuiu stating quality will improve sounds like a great sales pitch he heard at the manufacturing meeting he attended in Japan(why wasnt it in China?) but questionable in the experience of many with Chinese goods. The real motive is profit margin, but that wouldnt be politically correct.
He did go to China, he said he visited the facility in Shanghai. He has said there is no change in cost to manufacture, just better yields, quality control and predictability of delivery. Even if that is not the case how much can he really increase his margin? And with a growing company how much does increased OpEx (expanded HQ employees) eat up of said margin.
People are greatly mistaken that just because you manufacture in China all of the sudden you're margins increase exponentially. There are far too many other components and variables at play.
