Brazilian Ford Plant

[SIPNGAS]

Brazil has a law that any product sold there, MUST be assembled there. My company contracts with a well-known motorcycle company. They recently won the rights to sell expensive motorcycles there. We package entire bikes all in pieces in crates, they're shipped to Brazil and in some "factory" in the northern area they are assembled by a small team of guys. It's the only way any foreign company is allowed to sell their product in the country. Pretty smart on Brazil's part, if you ask me.

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by SIPNGAS

Brazil has a law that any product sold there, MUST be assembled there.

My employer has to roll the same way down there. It cuts both ways. Brazil gets manufacturing jobs. The Brazilian people get hosed because anything that cannot or is not made there can't be imported down there. So the average Brazilian gets a lower standard of living because of this import restriction.

FWIW, the Brazilians I've met do good work. They're motivated, sincere and willing to learn. At least the ones who come up here. The ones at home, especially in the Government, I've never met them.

Gene