"Made in USA with Global Materials": Where it's Actually Made.

[Lesserstore]

For quite some time now Stanley- Black & Decker has used "Made in USA with Global Materials" on some of their products, but what does that actually mean? Are parts of the products made else where and just screwed together here? Or are some products or parts of products made here? The purpose of this thread is to answer these sorts of questions and inform people of where things are actually made.
(Quick disclaimer, I'm not a SBD fanboy, most of my power tools are Milwaukee.)

First let's start with the legal definitions of Made in USA and it's variants. (These are FTC guidelines.)
Made in USA/USA: If a product is marked "Made in USA" or "USA", then the product must be all or virtually all made here. What is virtually all? A part that is insignificant to the product and low percentage of the manufacturing cost (it must be both). I.e. a knob on a lamp. How would this apply to raw materials? An example would be a wrench forged in the U.S. of Chinese steel and marked Made in USA would be deceiving and illegal. However, a plastic handle made of imported oil can still be marked Made in USA. I should note that "Made in USA" is an unqualified claim meaning that companies can mark products as such without approval from the FTC as long as it is truthful and can be substantiated.

Made in USA of Domestic and Foreign Parts/Made of 50% American Parts: These would be qualified claims. This would be used if there are more foreign components than what would be allowed with Made in USA, but still have a significant amount of U.S. made parts.

Assembled in USA/Made in USA of Foreign Components: This is an unqualified claim. It's used when it is mostly foreign materials with negligible domestic content, or if a company simply doesn't want to make a qualified claim. There must be a substantial transformation to the product in the US and "screwdriver assembly" operations don't count.

I believe that Made in USA with Global Materials means a qualified Made in USA claim since "global" means the entire world which obviously includes the U.S. I have also noticed some products on the packaging say this, but on the product it simply says Made in USA.

Now at last we get to the good part. The list of tools will be in categories, i.e. hand tools, power tools, etc. If you have any information you would like to share please post it, and I will add it to the list.
Latest updates in red.
Made in USA in blue.
Assembled/Manufactured in USA in purple.
Possibly made in USA in teal.
Discontinued in grey.

Hand Tools:
Tape Measures- Plastic housings- USA, made at SBD's Cheraw, SC plant. Blades- Recycled steel, manufactured in the US., hook, belt clip, and the plastic piece that the tape rolls up on-???
Stanley Standard Fluted Screwdrivers- Handles- USA, Made at SBD's Cheraw, SC plant., blades-???
Stanley/Proto/DeWalt Vinyl Grip Screwdrivers- Handles- USA, Made at SBD's Cheraw, SC plant. Blades- ???
Utility Knives- unknown, currently researching.
Handsaws- Blades- Foreign steel, stamped out in USA. Handles-???
Mitre Boxes- Research in progress.
Blackhawk Hacksaw Blades- Made in USA by Great Neck.
Blackhawk Ratchets- On their website it says Made in USA with Global Materials however the pictures of the ratchets say USA on them. If they are Made in USA with Global Materials my guess would be that the bodies are made here and the mechanisms are foreign made.

Power Tools:
Housings-USA, made at SBD's Mission, TX and Cheraw, SC plants.
Switches- China
Electronics- China, (possibly Taiwan and other Asian nations.)
Brushed Motors- Shafts- USA, other parts-???
Brushless Motors- Assembled in USA
Gear Housings/Powdered Metal Parts- USA, Made in Hampstead, MD by the Black and Decker Powdered Metal Factory.
Machined Parts- Made at SBD's New Britain plant.
Chucks- Foreign (China/Taiwan probably)
Power Cords- Power Tough- USA/Mexico
Bearings- China
Wiring- China (Woer)

Metal Tool Storage:
Steel Bodies and Drawers- USA
Aluminum Trim, Side Handles, locks, and Drawer Slides- Foreign (probably China)
Casters- China

Plastic Tool Storage:
Plastic- USA, made at SBD's Cheraw, SC plant. Also of note, the cheap all plastic tool boxes are made in USA without the global materials part tacked on to it.
Metal Hardware- Foreign

Plastic Bins- USA, made by Sterilite? On Craftsman's website it says they are made in Simpsonville, SC, but SBD doesn't own a plant there, and I can't find a plastic manufacturer in Simpsonville that makes something like this, so my best guess is Sterilite who does have manufacturing facilities in the same metropolitan area. Also of note, they actually say made in USA without the global materials tacked on to it.

Miscellaneous:
Sandpaper- Says Made in USA with Global Materials on the front of the packaging, but Made in USA on the back of the packaging and on the sandpaper itself. Manufactured by ALI Industries who makes Gator brand sandpaper.

Recip/Jig Saw Blades- US produced steel.

Utility/Carpet Knife Blades- Foreign steel, stamped out in USA.

Oil/lube- Even though it says Made in USA with Global Materials, I think it is Made in USA. Manufactured by Barton Solvents (Barsol)

Craftsman Resin Sheds- Made by Suncast Corporation, Batavia, Illinois

Craftsman Brooms and Deck Brushes- Made by Harper Brush

Craftsman Hoses- Made by Continental

Craftsman Wet Dry Vacs- Made by Shop Vac (until around May 2020, they still show the location of the shop vac plant on the where it's made page on Craftsman's website. As of September 2020 Shop Vac is going bankrupt due to a failed buy out and possibly poor management. The Shop Vac made ones aren't listed on Craftsman's website or on Lowe's website anymore.)

Again if you have any more tools, info, corrections, or any other additions drop a comment.

 

[Lesserstore]

Sources:
Power Tools-
https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/93870-behind-the-scenes-at-dewalt
https://toolguyd.com/dewalt-brushless-drill-building-and-factory-tour/
https://www.jlconline.com/tools/power-tools/a-trip-to-the-cordless-tool-factory_o
Tool Storage- First two pictures.

Hand Tools:
Second two pictures: Blackhawk Hacksaw Blades and Great Neck saw blades compared.
Third two pictures: Evidence that they do plastic molding in the USA.
Last picture: Evidence of where screwdriver handles are made.

 

[Lesserstore]

First Picture- Sandpaper COO and OEM.
Second Picture- Response to a question I asked about the COO of the steel used in their saw/knife blades.

 

[908Jim]

There's no shot the brushed motors are made in the US.

China or Mexico does the bulk of consumer grade motor winding.

Edit 1: Stanley may be doing it in house. Waiting on confirmation of this.
Edit 2: Looks like Stanley does do some winding here stateside for some DeWalt tools. Still, no indications about where the lam stack or rotor assemblies are coming from.

 

[Jmonnty]

There's no shot the brushed motors are made in the US.

China or Mexico does the bulk of consumer grade motor winding.

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Stanley does the motor winding in house, using sourced subassemblies.

 

[908Jim]

Stanley does the motor winding in house, using sourced subassemblies.

I'd LOVE to be wrong in this case. Could you send me the source?

My experience with motor winding suppliers is that the "high end" stuff is done in the US and all of the consumer products (power tools, vacuums, blenders, etc) are made in Mexico/China.

 

[nh_yota]

My guess is that the injection molded parts are made here but everything else is made overseas.

 

[American Locomotive]

I despise Dewalt's "Made in the U.S. with Global Materials" thing, but I do give them credit that they do indeed wind their own brushed motors (at least for cordless tools) here in the U.S.:

https://toolguyd.com/dewalt-brushless-drill-building-and-factory-tour/

If you scroll down, you will see they later assemble a brushless tool. The box of motors and electronics has Delta Electronic's logo on it. They're a Taiwanese manufacturers of motors, fans and electronics. However they are world-renown for making extremely high quality components.

It looks like the only "assembling" they do here is soldering the controller to the motor.

 

[kngelv]

I give them a lot of credit. No other mainstream power tool company makes anything cordless in the USA. At least they are doing something here.

James

 

[American Locomotive]

I know I've seen some Makita stuff with "Made in the USA" on it, can't remember if it was cordless though.

 

[Fialaja]

I know I've seen some Makita stuff with "Made in the USA" on it, can't remember if it was cordless though.

Makita used to make cordless drills in their Buford GA. Facilities. I doubt that’s the case anymore. All my Makita 14.4 volt drills (I have 4) were made there...

 

[Lesserstore]

I despise Dewalt's "Made in the U.S. with Global Materials" thing, but I do give them credit that they do indeed wind their own brushed motors (at least for cordless tools) here in the U.S.:

https://toolguyd.com/dewalt-brushless-drill-building-and-factory-tour/

If you scroll down, you will see they later assemble a brushless tool. The box of motors and electronics has Delta Electronic's logo on it. They're a Taiwanese manufacturers of motors, fans and electronics. However they are world-renown for making extremely high quality components.

It looks like the only "assembling" they do here is soldering the controller to the motor.

I found an article that was a year newer than this one and it states that the brushless motors were now being assembled here. After reading the article again I also found out that the gears are USA made.
https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/93870-behind-the-scenes-at-dewalt

Zielinski is particularly proud of the brushless motor line, which was installed less than two years ago and requires just two people to operate. The compact, fully automated line can wind and assemble four different motors. The tooling needed to assemble each motor variant is stored right on the machine, so changeover can be accomplished quickly.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

I think it means they use parts from different places like China or Taiwan or somewhere to make the tool here probably Chinese steel too


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[Lesserstore]

First update. 8/4/20
Brushed Motors- Shafts- USA, other parts-???
Gears- USA
Chucks- Foreign (China/Taiwan probably)

 

[Busted_Knuckles]

I thought I saw on the youtube, factory tours of Dewalt, and or Craftsman, where the cordless power tools came in trayed pallet boxes, basically completely manufactured and the " domestic employee " basically screwed the two sides together and in a box it went and was then shipped out " Made in the USA " w/ global components,.. ?

Am I to believe there are actually " parts " in these tools that are actually USA made ?

 

[LB-1911]

I thought I saw on the youtube, factory tours of Dewalt, and or Craftsman, where the cordless power tools came in trayed pallet boxes, basically completely manufactured and the " domestic employee " basically screwed the two sides together and in a box it went and was then shipped out " Made in the USA " w/ global components,.. ?

Am I to believe there are actually " parts " in these tools that are actually USA made ?

Runs 4:24, Jun 9, 2015
DeWalt Built in the USA Initiative and Plant Tour

 

[Busted_Knuckles]

Runs 4:24, Jun 9, 2015
DeWalt Built in the USA Initiative and Plant Tour

After watching that, I guess it was the c-man video that I was remembering, but it was just like this one, all I saw was assembly... and in this case, QC of the end product, what I did not see is any actual parts manufacturing ?

Im assuming most of, if not all the parts are from abroad ? Maybe the cardboard boxes are made here ?

The brushless motors are assembled here ? But not made here, right ?

This kind of smells allot of marketing to me, not manufacturing. I get that just about everything is made abroad, but when you call it " Made in USA ", it really should be,... and not just assembled, its just not in the same spirit. Its a good start, and likely little more than a marketing tool...

Its looking to me, that this is really about the definition of the word " built ", as in how Dewalt uses that word. And yes, I have Dewalt tools, expensive ones at that.

 

[LB-1911]

Im assuming most of, if not all the parts are from abroad ? Maybe the cardboard boxes are made here ?

The brushless motors are assembled here ? But not made here, right ?

3:05 of video - DeWalt is building motors at this facility
for several of the tools they manufacture.

Behind the Scenes at DeWALT
June 7, 2017

DEWALT had been importing the motors, but the new line nixed that. “It reduced our lead time for brushless motors from six weeks to 12 feet,” he says.


The factory also makes the brushed and brushless motors that go into the tools. The facility opened in October 2013, and on Feb. 20, 2017, the plant produced its 10 millionth tool.

Besides tools, some of those U.S. plants also make many of the parts, such as metal gears, that go into the cordless tools assembled in Charlotte. Local suppliers also provide Charlotte with parts.


Source of above and full test @
https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/93870-behind-the-scenes-at-dewalt

 

[Lesserstore]

SBD uses subcontractors to make a lot of the parts. And basically anything that has to do with electronics is made overseas. In my opinion when a company states Assembled in USA or Made in USA with Global Materials they should be required to list where all the parts come from and make that list available to the consumer, which is one motivation I had to start this thread. Another thing was I used to be in the camp of it's all made overseas and screwed together here, but when I saw the FTC guidelines, also I saw a question on Lowe's website that was about where the steel comes from for the Craftsman boxes and the answer (from Craftsman) was that it was US made, I had a change of heart.

 

[1982fxr]

I thought I saw on the youtube, factory tours of Dewalt, and or Craftsman, where the cordless power tools came in trayed pallet boxes, basically completely manufactured and the " domestic employee " basically screwed the two sides together and in a box it went and was then shipped out " Made in the USA " w/ global components,.. ?

Am I to believe there are actually " parts " in these tools that are actually USA made ?

Without the video who knows what you saw. How do you know they came from overseas and not just another US location? Or even a different area of the same plant?

 

[rsanter]

I used to work for B&D before Stanley bought them
B&D is a global company and so is Stanley
They are very big here and in Europe

What it means is they get their parts from all over the world and I would bet that they even get the same part (same part number item) from more than one source which could be in more than one country

Be thankful that we get a piece of the action assembling it here in the USA

 

[kngelv]

Since none of us work in that plant it's impossible to know exactly what is done in house. This is an assembly plant. Nearly every place like this around the world gets parts from other locations. I imagine the control boards and switches are probably made overseas most likely in Taiwan but evidently the motors are done in house and some of the other parts are likely made here too. I do know that putting the assembly line together was done by either in house or contracted skilled trades employees. Beside the Dewalt production workers and supervisors I'm sure there are plenty of vendors, contractors, drivers, cleaners etc who have a decent job because of this place.They are also building a new hardline tool plant in Texas for their Craftsman line. I for one appreciate that they are at least bringing something back. Six years ago all the Dewalt cordless stuff was made in Mexico or China. Whatever they are doing now is better than it was back then.

James

 

[Citation]

Overall this is likely a case where final assembly must be done in the US and there is a minimum US content by value. A big hangup is that much of the price is batteries. Even if the batteries are assembled in the US the cells are a significant part of the price and they aren't made in the US. Now consider a case like Maglite. Many have been upset that Maglites no longer say "made in USA". The truth is they mostly still are. So why is an incandescent 3D light marked made in USA while the otherwise similar one not marked that way? It's the LED and driver circuit. An incandescent bulb made in the USA or over seas is a small part of the total price of the light. However when that cheap part is replaced by a more expensive driver board and LED, the percentage of foreign made parts exceeds the FTC limit and the light is no longer "made in the USA". Bum deal for Maglite as they have taken pride in doing things in the US.

 

[dscheidt]

SBD uses subcontractors to make a lot of the parts. And basically anything that has to do with electronics is made overseas. In my opinion when a company states Assembled in USA or Made in USA with Global Materials they should be required to list where all the parts come from

Lots of the pieces are from multiple suppliers, in different countries. They probably can't tell you which you have, because it changes every month or more often. A percentage breakdown would be useful, even if it's only a range.

 

[theoldwizard1]

In the automotive world Honda and Toyota regularly beat products from GM and Ford for percentage of US manufactured components.

I don't know about GM, but Ford has not owned any casting facilities for a number of years.

 

[kngelv]

In the automotive world Honda and Toyota regularly beat products from GM and Ford for percentage of US manufactured components.

I don't know about GM, but Ford has not owned any casting facilities for a number of years.

Not true. Woodhaven Forging Operations in Michigan. http://americanautoworker.com/location-info.php?location_id=298

James

 

[Citation]

In the automotive world Honda and Toyota regularly beat products from GM and Ford for percentage of US manufactured components.

I don't know about GM, but Ford has not owned any casting facilities for a number of years.

Tesla recently scored very high on the US content list. Their score is helped by the made in USA batteries. Given an enormous percentage of the total car's price is the battery, having it made in the US really bumps the domestic content. It's interesting how sometimes a single critical component can make the difference between "made in the USA" and not.

 

[Lesserstore]

Update: 8/6/20
Handsaws- Research in progress
Mitre Boxes- Research in progress
Power Cords- USA/Mexico
Locks added to metal tool storage

 

[Y00PER]

Overall this is likely a case where final assembly must be done in the US and there is a minimum US content by value. A big hangup is that much of the price is batteries. Even if the batteries are assembled in the US the cells are a significant part of the price and they aren't made in the US. Now consider a case like Maglite. Many have been upset that Maglites no longer say "made in USA". The truth is they mostly still are. So why is an incandescent 3D light marked made in USA while the otherwise similar one not marked that way? It's the LED and driver circuit. An incandescent bulb made in the USA or over seas is a small part of the total price of the light. However when that cheap part is replaced by a more expensive driver board and LED, the percentage of foreign made parts exceeds the FTC limit and the light is no longer "made in the USA". Bum deal for Maglite as they have taken pride in doing things in the US.

Maglite stopped putting made in u.s.a. on their products after they got sued in California for not meeting g California's "Made in usa" requirements, which are stricter than the U.S. FTC standard

 

[evintho]

This is kinda related.
When I bought my Texas Blaster one of the selling points was that it was 'Made in USA'. Proudly says so right on the front of the blaster.



Every single piece from the valves to the water trap to the hose is stamped 'Made in Taiwan, China or some other third world hole'! The powder coat started peeling before I even used it and I had to make some minor mods to get it to work properly.
Funny thing is, once I got past all that I realized...……..the thing works like a champ! It absolutely never clogs and removes 90 year old paint and rust easily! I've already blasted two cars and a bazillion parts! If I had to do it over again, I'd buy another one!

 

[Citation]

Maglite stopped putting made in u.s.a. on their products after they got sued in California for not meeting g California's "Made in usa" requirements, which are stricter than the U.S. FTC standard

I think that was related to the LED bulbs vs incandescent bulbs I was talking about. The sad thing is Maglite is basically doing the same operations in their factory now vs in the past. The issue is the cost of the parts they didn't make has gone up.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/when-mostly-made-in-america-is-not-good-enough

The sad thing in that case is many companies want to do as much in the US as possible but laws like the one in California make it hard. Maglite doesn't get credit for the efforts they have made to keep things in the US.

 

[measuredtwice]

This is kinda related.
When I bought my Texas Blaster one of the selling points was that it was 'Made in USA'. Proudly says so right on the front of the blaster.



Every single piece from the valves to the water trap to the hose is stamped 'Made in Taiwan, China or some other third world hole'! The powder coat started peeling before I even used it and I had to make some minor mods to get it to work properly.
Funny thing is, once I got past all that I realized...……..the thing works like a champ! It absolutely never clogs and removes 90 year old paint and rust easily! I've already blasted two cars and a bazillion parts! If I had to do it over again, I'd buy another one!

Tell the FTC that Texas Blaster is breaking the law

submit complaint --> https://www.ftc.gov/faq/consumer-protection/submit-consumer-complaint-ftc

made in usa standard --> https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/plain-language/bus03-complying-made-usa-standard.pdf

I think that was related to the LED bulbs vs incandescent bulbs I was talking about. The sad thing is Maglite is basically doing the same operations in their factory now vs in the past. The issue is the cost of the parts they didn't make has gone up.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/when-mostly-made-in-america-is-not-good-enough

The sad thing in that case is many companies want to do as much in the US as possible but laws like the one in California make it hard. Maglite doesn't get credit for the efforts they have made to keep things in the US.

Couldn't Maglite just say "Made in USA with Global Materials"??

https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/plain-language/bus03-complying-made-usa-standard.pdf

Is that article out of date? It's several years after that 2017 Fox News article and now in 2020 Maglite has an American flag on their packaging with the words "a USA manufacturer".

 

[Citation]

Tell the FTC that Texas Blaster is breaking the law

submit complaint --> https://www.ftc.gov/faq/consumer-protection/submit-consumer-complaint-ftc

made in usa standard --> https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/plain-language/bus03-complying-made-usa-standard.pdf




Couldn't Maglite just say "Made in USA with Global Materials"??

https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/plain-language/bus03-complying-made-usa-standard.pdf

Is that article out of date? It's several years after that 2017 Fox News article and now in 2020 Maglite has an American flag on their packaging with the words "a USA manufacturer".

They are an American manufacture but that doesn't have the same legal definition as "made in USA". It's kind of a catch 22. Years back I worked for a company that did mfr in the US but one of our most expensive parts was made in Asia. That was just the reality of it, you couldn't source these parts in the US. Since over 50% of the cost of the product was that one part we had to call it made in Korea vs made in the USA even though every part that could be made in the US was. This is likely why we see a lot of made in USA with global parts. It does help differentiate vs totally made over seas.

 

[measuredtwice]

They are an American manufacture but that doesn't have the same legal definition as "made in USA". It's kind of a catch 22. Years back I worked for a company that did mfr in the US but one of our most expensive parts was made in Asia. That was just the reality of it, you couldn't source these parts in the US. Since over 50% of the cost of the product was that one part we had to call it made in Korea vs made in the USA even though every part that could be made in the US was. This is likely why we see a lot of made in USA with global parts. It does help differentiate vs totally made over seas.

I guess I don't really see the problem since "qualified claims" (section 4) like "made in usa with global materials" and "assembled in usa with global materials" or "A usa manufacturer" seem to take care of most of the cases. Sure the claims aren't the same as "Made in USA" but they're supposed to be different to show that some global materials are used.

A couple days ago, I saw masks on Amazon that said "made in USA" and reviewer photos showed that the actual product he received was made in China. As long as they get away with it, some folks will falsely advertise so it's good that there's regulation to protect American manufacturers.

 

[zendriver]

IMO, These types of threads are sad, but for the opposite reason.

These companies are doing what they have to do, in some cases to survive, let alone flourish, but we gladly **** on them if they don't jump through the hoops, we want them jump, for our own selfish interests.

Not hard to imagine it could be a profit killer, for a company to obsess over the COO each and every part, of what may be hundred or thousands, in a particular products.

So, if GM were to go "100 percent American made " in their vehicles,people would ditch whatever bastardized vehicle they now own and go all in?

Yah, right.

They'd just find another reason not to like them.

**** about products assembled by Americans because they contain some imported parts?

Seriously? These are American businesses and American jobs.

 

[nieuport17]

Most consumers don’t really care.
Sure, it’s nice to have an USA flag on the box.
But no one would stop buying if it is not: like Milwaukee.

 

[Citation]

I guess I don't really see the problem since "qualified claims" (section 4) like "made in usa with global materials" and "assembled in usa with global materials" or "A usa manufacturer" seem to take care of most of the cases. Sure the claims aren't the same as "Made in USA" but they're supposed to be different to show that some global materials are used.

A couple days ago, I saw masks on Amazon that said "made in USA" and reviewer photos showed that the actual product he received was made in China. As long as they get away with it, some folks will falsely advertise so it's good that there's regulation to protect American manufacturers.

Hard to print that on the end of a Maglite. It also stings for the company since they wanted to keep the thing "Made in USA" and it was due to factors outside of their control. Worse, when they had to remove the "Made in USA" people started accusing them of moving production overseas.

Interestingly, Switzerland is much different. I think for a Swiss watch the rules are something low like 50% of the value of the watch and the movement must be put into the case in Switzerland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_made

I'm not sure where we should draw the line but I get the feeling Maglite was trying hard to comply.

 

[Citation]

IMO, These types of threads are sad, but for the opposite reason.

These companies are doing what they have to do, in some cases to survive, let alone flourish, but we gladly **** on them if they don't jump through the hoops, we want them jump, for our own selfish interests.

Not hard to imagine it could be a profit killer, for a company to obsess over the COO each and every part, of what may be hundred or thousands, in a particular products.

So, if GM were to go "100 percent American made " in their vehicles,people would ditch whatever bastardized vehicle they now own and go all in?

Yah, right.

They'd just find another reason not to like them.

**** about products assembled by Americans because they contain some imported parts?

Seriously? These are American businesses and American jobs.

Interesting "made in USA" hurting GM example. In the 90s I recall the illuminated buttons on GM radios and switches always seems to wear away. So instead of a clean "+" on the volume up button you had a blob of light coming through. As part of my job I was visiting a mfr of similar buttons for a different OEM (not part of my job, the vendor was just showing us things they made). I asked about the buttons and why it seems those used by GM didn't hold up while those used by Toyota and others did. It came down to the environmental regulations in the US. These buttons are effectively a translucent part that is painted black then laser etched to show a "+" or number or what ever. So the quality of paint used is important. For environmental reasons the paints allowed in the US had lower VOC content. This resulted in less durable paint formulas. So it wasn't that GM didn't know how make the button as well as Toyota. It's just that Toyota had that part made in a country with lower air quality standards. So GM got burned for keeping things in the US where the more robust paints weren't allowed.

 

[mfewtrail]

Tell the FTC that Texas Blaster is breaking the law

submit complaint --> https://www.ftc.gov/faq/consumer-protection/submit-consumer-complaint-ftc

made in usa standard --> https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/plain-language/bus03-complying-made-usa-standard.pdf

If you go to their site, they no longer show a USA sticker on the tank and there are no claims about where it's made.

 

[measuredtwice]

Why do you care? I don't. I support and supported tens of millions on welfare, tens of millions on unemployment benefits, gig workers who never paid unemployment insurance and who are getting benefits nonetheless.

When it's time to pay things for yourself, do the most responsible thing for yourself.

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Unless you're the wealthiest person in the world, your "support" of "tens of millions" is greatly exaggerated. Of course, if you didn't actively object to people supporting USA manufacturing on the internet, then USA manufacturing would have less negative advertising working against it, and with more consumers supporting USA manufacturing, more consumers would be inclined to buy USA made products, and more manufacturing jobs would stay in the USA so that you wouldn't have to single handedly support "tens of millions".