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Beyerdynamic (German headphone producer) bought by Chinese company (www.heise.de)
submitted 7 months ago by trolske@feddit.org to c/buyfromeu@feddit.org
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[–] SrMono@feddit.org 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

They say assembly will still take place in Germany and they keep their employees ..

It’s something.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 48 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's what every single German company getting bought by the Chinese says.

[–] melechric@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago

For a while it'll be true. Then the strong German labor unions/laws will be seen as an impediment to profitability. Of course this won't be spoken aloud. However, the assembly jobs will be moved back to China piecemeal. (Not fast enough to alert lawmakers and cause a commotion.) Until finally the entire operation is in China. The name (which is the valuable thing) will live on - affixed to a fully Chinese designed and manufactured item. Sold on Amazon to people who don't know better.

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

Sometimes it happens before they are bought out like with Cherry moving their factory to China.

[–] red@sopuli.xyz 7 points 7 months ago

I give it 3-5 years, max.