Yea, as I heard it they took the old shop and sent the whole thing over with a couple of the Italian workers to train the new Mexican workers. I've seen fine Mexican made Benottos and some absolute POS frames. I think that the Mexican factory must have had the old General Motors curse of Monday and Friday frames. best, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives ruining bunches of paper on new frame designs in Vancouver, B.C.
On Tuesday, Mar 14, 2006, at 16:01 US/Pacific, Brook Watts wrote:
> It was hardly a case of "outsourcing" as Sr. Benotto moved to Mexico
> where he established his primary production facility but maintained a
> small operation in Italy that supplied mostly the pro teams. This all
> took place approx. 1968-69. You can see Sr. Benotto standing behind
> Merckx, Colnago, Luigi Casola and others just before the hour record
> in Mexico City.
>
> I'm off to Mexico tomorrow on separate business but I'll speak with
> friends there to get more precise dates and post upon return
>
> Brook Watts
> Longmont Colo USA
>
>
>>
>>
>> I must agree. The decision to move production to Mexico was likely
>> the
>> death of whatever prestige the brand had accrued in the eyes of
>> American
>> cyclists. I've always thought that outsourcing production offshore
>> was a
>> pretty sure way to kill a brand long term for products that aspire to
>> be
>> more than a mere commercial commodity.
>>
>> Kurt Sperry
>> Bellingham WA
>>
>>
>> On 3/14/06, Angel Garcia <veronaman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Perhaps because production moved to Mexico from Italy in the 1970s?
>>> Anyon
>> e
>>> know the exact year Mexican made Benotto's started to appear?
>>> Angel Garcia
>>> Verona, Italy
>>>
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