GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China
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#2Think it's a smart decision, the Chinese market is full of DJI or Xiaomi anyway, so they will not be losing any market share there.
Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China
#3Think it's a smart decision, the Chinese market is full of DJI or Xiaomi anyway, so they will not be losing any market share there.
What? The GoPros sold in the US will just be produced in a third country, the article doesn’t say where though. You can still get a Chinese made GoPro in China
The interesting bit is where GoPro will get the cameras for the US market produced.
Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China
#4Think it's a smart decision, the Chinese market is full of DJI or Xiaomi anyway, so they will not be losing any market share there.
What? The GoPros sold in the US will just be produced in a third country, the article doesn’t say where though. You can still get a Chinese made GoPro in China The interesting bit is where GoPro will get the cameras for the US market produced.
>The interesting bit is where GoPro will get the cameras for the US market produced.
I'd guess Thailand or Japan. I clear international freight through customs for my primary income and see a lot of finished cameras, and even just CMOS, with the most common countries being China, Japan (e.g. Canon) and Thailand (e.g Nikon). A lot of complete digital still image AND video cameras come out of Japan and Thailand actually.
Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China
#5Does GoPro actually do their own development?
I remember reading an article when they were starting up, snd the founder basically went to some expo in a China and purchased OEM devices and slapped his brand on there.
Edit: This isn’t the article but it sheds some more light.
> Once he had the strap sorted out, Woodman would need a camera to go with it. He eventually found a 35-millimeter model made in China. Woodman made an old-school prototype using a Dremel tool, plastic blocks, and glue. He mailed it to China, wired $5,000 to get started, and in September 2004 GoPro made its first sale when a Japanese distributor ordered 100 units after seeing the product at a trade show.
https://www.maxim.com/gear/gopro-founder-nick-woodman-profil...
Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
What? The GoPros sold in the US will just be produced in a third country, the article doesn’t say where though. You can still get a Chinese made GoPro in China The interesting bit is where GoPro will get the cameras for the US market produced.
>The interesting bit is where GoPro will get the cameras for the US market produced. I'd guess Thailand or Japan. I clear international freight through customs for my primary income and see a lot of finished cameras, and even just CMOS, with the most common countries being China, Japan (e.g. Canon) and Thailand (e.g Nikon). A lot of complete digital still image AND video cameras come out of Japan and Thailand actuall…
Interesting, because I was guess Mexico or maybe Foxconn in Brazil, but I guess it makes more sense with a country that already have camera production facilities.
Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China
#7Does GoPro actually do their own development? I remember reading an article when they were starting up, snd the founder basically went to some expo in a China and purchased OEM devices and slapped his brand on there. Edit: This isn’t the article but it sheds some more light. > Once he had the strap sorted out, Woodman would need a camera to go with it. He eventually found a 35-millimeter model made in China. Woodman…
They do.
I am not sure that question required a throwaway account.
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#8Does all this stuff lately where companies are pulling out of china or the US or the US is arresting heads of companies etc feel like thucydides trap is just getting closer and closer?
Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China
#9Does all this stuff lately where companies are pulling out of china or the US or the US is arresting heads of companies etc feel like thucydides trap is just getting closer and closer?
Who would be the aggressor? China? Or the US?
Also - I had to look up "thucydides trap" so thanks for the new knowledge!
Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China
#10Does GoPro actually do their own development? I remember reading an article when they were starting up, snd the founder basically went to some expo in a China and purchased OEM devices and slapped his brand on there. Edit: This isn’t the article but it sheds some more light. > Once he had the strap sorted out, Woodman would need a camera to go with it. He eventually found a 35-millimeter model made in China. Woodman…
They do. I am not sure that question required a throwaway account.
Sure? Privately Aricent used to claim they did a bunch of their R&D