A Smartphone "Made in Germany" (factory in Bocholt) / A chance for Fairphone as well?

One positive thing I see here - 6000 units/week mainly manufactured with robots?
Surely a good place for Elon Musk to take some lesson about a well operating automated assembly line… smiley
(Seriously, I know it´s hard, but no one can succeed in all. Looking at the short period of time for the roadster, Model S/X of course it is just a matter of time until Model 3 will get pumped out in higher quantities. He´s a billionaire who built up/runs several companies. Best example SpaceX setting up one milestone after the next not even Nasa was capable to achieve within 60 years, so what…
Many business men out there are not even capable to run one company properly.)

I just recently expressed my opinion about the “made in Germany” label.
It hasn´t changed meanwhile - I honestly think it is overrated.
I know how very often business goals are set in German companies (I have worked for different here). Maximum win with least expenses (sometimes even accepting underpay and exploitation DHL/Post). Meanwhile we have reached a level were even non-functional/permitted products are sold with high wins (e.g. German diesel cars). Absolutely unacceptable for me!

No product for me. (actually I don´t put much effort into differing between Gigaset and Siemens as I don´t know how independent and different the business structures are). The name Siemens for my experience is way too much associated with scandals about corruption and regularly disputes going on.
Globalization wasn´t my idea, so far I am totally fine with my Panasonic communication solution and my FP2.

I think this would not be a good deal here for FP. FP is still growing, small and flexible. Gigaset was nearly bankrupt and is now held by a Chinese investor (Pan Sutong). This proves how capable the management seems to be.

Looking at the faith of Qimonda, BenQ. Fujitsu Siemens I would not have too much trust in a long term partnership. All mentioned here were somehow “touched” by the major Siemens company.
And we want FP to have a long run, don´t we? Let alone keep fair conditions also for workers which excludes Siemens and splits in ethical and social concerns so far. Google is full of facts about it.

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