The Modern Gentleman

[seamus]

Moving factories is not really original.

during the dismantling of the uk steel industry the clydesdale tube mill was dismantled in its entirety by imported chinese workers and shipped bit by bit to china where it is in full operation....rumour has it the guy that slept on the nightshift was shipped too.

Allegedly we were a bit more clued up when this kind of ‘technology transfer’ began.

In the 50’s a Japanese company ordered a ship from Tyneside and insisted on copies of the plans ‘for servicing requirements’. Apparently they immediately set about building one of their own using the same plans and on completion they proudly sent it down the slipway. When it hit the tideway it turned turtle and sank.

[patman]

lol seamus,  like it

strange how the circle turns though...british mills being used to produce tubes in china at a fraction of the cost we can here...and my company now has to go to poland to get tubes as there is a huge shortage of producers and steel to make them...with prices at all time higha

bit like the "it" outsource cycle.. america - britain - czech republic - india - china...and then when their costs rise where do they go...

world economics play some funny games

[seamus]

world economics play some funny games

And it will be fun fun fun all the way - while it lasts.

I’m an amateur ‘China watcher’ and their long-term approach to their development is interesting. Shangai town planners are already anticipating a 5m rise in sea levels for new developments.