However, they are now one of the biggest battery manufacturers in the
world. Their catalogue includes some widely disparate products
(including Leicas!) and I can't believe that they make all of them
themselves. That said, never had a problem with their stuff.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 31/08/2007, at 9:46 PM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> It must be 25 years ago that I visited a Panasonic TV plant in
> Wales, a
> visit arranged courtesy of a Japanese class mate who worked for
> Matsushita
> (the parent) in Japan. If their policy is the same now (a moot point,
> granted) you could not be more wrong! Not only did they assemble
> the entire
> TV from components rather than sub-assemblies, they also tested
> every single
> component before assembly, on the basis that reliability of the
> product was
> of critical importance, and finding faulty components was much
> harder at the
> end of the production line than at the beginning.
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