[TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
- From: Doug Keller <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 08:53:08 -0500
Ed for president!!!!!!!!!! (or governor of California)
Doug Keller
Wis-Kel Electronics
101 Freeland Ave.
Terra Alta, WV
USA 26764
dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.tech-assist.org
"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
Tel-Tek Electronics wrote:
>Thomson in US eliminated 1200 jobs, which went to China. That's 1200
>people, and families which quite likely will go unto some form of
>Government assistance. I don't think that there is any way of turning
>this around. Unless some branch of government gets involved. May have to
>sidestep some patent right, open a few large factories to manufacture
>this stuff, pay the workers a "reasonable" wage, keep the unions out.
>Market the product for Homeland consumption. Give a proper Warranty,
>have spare parts available. Sell at slightly more than cost of
>production. This gives jobs to those that want them, and stimulates the
>economy. Maybe use the billions we spend overseas, helping countries,
>that really don't want our help, and revitalize our own interests for a
>change.
> I realize this sounds over simplistic. But I would rather own
>one "good" VCR, and pay $300 for it, then have 3 Orion's at $69 in my
>Wall Unit, so I have 2 backups.
> Think of the joy of picking up the phone, calling the Parts
>Department, or Service Department, and some one saying, How ya all doing
>this morning"..that in itself would be worth the extra money.
>
>-Ed-
>
>Ed Gaidies
>Tel-Tek Electronics
>Ontario-Canada
>
>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Keller
>Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:00 AM
>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>
>Or they will just absorb and take us over the way they have our
>manufacturing.
>
>Doug Keller
>Wis-Kel Electronics
>101 Freeland Ave.
>Terra Alta, WV
>USA 26764
>dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>http://www.tech-assist.org
>"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
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>Tel-Tek Electronics wrote:
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>>I can't understand why someone, wiser then us guys, can not see the
>>shifting trend of All electronics being manufactured by the Asians. I
>>wonder how much of our defense equipment, including missile tracking,
>>satellite technology, CRT and LCD displays in our tanks and fighting
>>vehicles, Night Vision technology, etc, depends on parts from China,
>>Korea and other Asian countries. How will we get news updates from CNN,
>>if we can't get parts for our
>>NEC's...Goldstars...Sanyo's...Daewoos...Orions...and now RCA and GE
>>TV's. How much of our Electrical grid depends on monitoring systems
>>
>>
>made
>
>
>>in China and the likes. If we continue to depend on technology from
>>outside North America, we better not "pixx" these countries off. Or we
>>will find many things on Backorder in the future.
>>
>>-Ed-
>>
>>Ed Gaidies
>>Tel-Tek Electronics
>>Ontario-Canada
>>
>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of walter wood
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:49 AM
>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>>
>>Seems to me that Goldstar was the CRT supplier when
>>Zenith was having such a bad time of it with the
>>"soft short" taking out all the main boards, and
>>the sets being "Not worth fixing".
>>That was pretty much all the '90's.
>>I never could figure out why Zenith didn't find
>>another CRT supplier.
>>I guess that was a way to tear zenith down so
>>Goldstar could buy them.
>>Walter
>>--- Tel-Tek Electronics <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>When they became LG Electronics.
>>>
>>>-Ed-
>>>
>>>Ed Gaidies
>>>Tel-Tek Electronics
>>>Ontario-Canada
>>>
>>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>>Behalf Of Kevin
>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 7:49 PM
>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>>>
>>>When did Korea (Goldstar) take over control of
>>>Zenith?
>>>
>>>Kevin Wilks
>>>Kevin's TV & Video Repair
>>>Penticton BC Canada
>>>kevintv@xxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>>Behalf Of
>>>repair1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:10 PM
>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>>>
>>>Actually rca and ge tvs as we knew them have not
>>>existed since about
>>>1989,
>>>the story goes like this, ge bought rca, which
>>>owned nbc, banquet foods,
>>>burlington mills, hertz rent a car, hazeltine
>>>research, sarnoff labs,
>>>and
>>>randomhouse publishing, and last but not least
>>>their consumer
>>>electronics
>>>company, this was at the time the largest non oil
>>>buyout ever,ge started
>>>selling what it did not want(everything except
>>>nbc), and then made an
>>>offer
>>>to thomson of france, to swap their combined
>>>consumer electronics
>>>company
>>>for thomson's medical equipment division, seems
>>>as though ge really
>>>started
>>>thomson, then the french nationalized it, now it
>>>appears that the french
>>>have decided to take advantage of the "so called
>>>global economy" and buy
>>>into the chinese producers so they can sell fine
>>>products along with
>>>funai
>>>and apex etc, pretty sad
>>>
>>>charles betzler
>>>Best Electronics
>>>repair1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "LeRoy Westlund" <llw@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:36 PM
>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>>It's all over now,....but the cryin !
>>>>We can't get by without RCA/GE sets,...and we
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>don't want China to be
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>involved to anymore degree then they allready
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>are in our Industry.
>>>When
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Korea took over control of Zenith by
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Goldstar,...that's when Zenith
>>>went
>>>to
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>the dogs,...and now we will see that happen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>with RCA (Radio
>>>Corporation of
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>America),..what a laugh.
>>>>
>>>>LLW
>>>>
>>>>LeRoy Westlund
>>>>Westlund TV & Electronics I've
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>heard it said:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>93 North Main "that
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>a fool never learns"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Centerfield, UT 84622-0087 It kinda reminds
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>me of me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ph./Fax 435-528-3822
>>>>mailto:LLW@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: walter wood <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>><techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>>>Date: Monday, December 15, 2003 2:17 PM
>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
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>>>>>But the Chinese have control, and it is
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>expected
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>>>that they will have full ownership in 6 months
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>or
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>so.
>>>>>One of Thomson's tech support guys told me
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>that he
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>was going to work at Home Depot, and is
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>expecting
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>everyone to be laid off in that department.
>>>>>He said that people were dissappearing around
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>there
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>every day.
>>>>>Oh well, rca couldn't get much worse than the
>>>>>ATC311.
>>>>>Walter
>>>>>--- "Phillip R. Hull" <phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Its 2/3 s Owned by a Co. in China. That
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>is
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>what was said at a RCA meeting
>>>>>>a couple of weeks ago.
>>>>>>Phillip R Hull STET
>>>>>>phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>FAX 517--569-3075
>>>>>>Professional Technicians only
>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>From: "Tel-Tek Electronics"
>>>>>><teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 3:05 PM
>>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Some conglomerate from France...me thinks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-Ed-
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Ed Gaidies
>>>>>>>Tel-Tek Electronics
>>>>>>>Ontario-Canada
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>On
>>>
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>>>>>>Behalf Of Keith Trumbla
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 1:52 PM
>>>>>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Thomson TEC
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Who owns Thomson now ?
>>>>>>>Keith Trumbla
>>>>>>>BEM Electronics Inc.
>>>>>>>Suite 212-530 Century St.
>>>>>>>WPG. MB. R3H 0Y4 Canada
>>>>>>>Ph.204.775.2875 Fax.204.774.9192
>>>>>>>www.bemelectronics.com
>>>>>>>
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