Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

First surfacing at the VDTA, news that Tacony will move all production of vacuums including the canisters to the USA.  Hearing the same from RICCAR/SIMPLICITY dealers.  The canns that were made in Korea, then China, are headed to the St. James Missouri for building.  I suspect Tacony will expand to accomodate the new production.  Any news form others on this move by Tacony?

Carmine D.

Howdy Carmine,

Thanks for the heads-up. I did come across a press release issued August of last year on the Tacony site. Tacony acquired Mac Moldings assets and signed a long-term employment agreement with Mac's former owner.

This must have been part of the plan for U.S. production. Link to PDF follows.

http://www.tacony.com/news/

Best,

Venson

Thanks Venson.  Looks like a plan.  Apparently Tacony, privately held, must have done well in 2008 in order to expand production operations and bring all vacuums in house.  Like to see that label on the RICCAR/SIMPLICITY vacuums [painted on the front of the uprights]:  Made in the USA.

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:
Hi again,

There was also a release stating that Tacony acquired a sewing machine concern as well. I hope this means at least a little ease to the job situation here. Will this affect pricing? The greater plan may be to take-out Miele. I noticed that the top-of-the-line Riccar

An article per Business Week Online asks if Riccar can beat out Miele -- http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/apr2006/id20060427_567693.htm

Riccar displays it boldly on its home page.

Venson

The title should read ".....will be moving canister vacuum production to the USA.  They have talked about moving the canister production to the U.S. for a few years now.  It takes a long time to move/change production.  Just ask anyone on the auto assembly line how long it takes to change over.  They are now giving it six months.

There has been new coverage from St. Louis Ch 4 news about Tacony Corp.  I saw it a week or two ago.  It was on Youtube.  It is now on both Riccar and Simplicity sites

Venson wrote:
Boy, this is really old.  I think I remember discussing it on the old forum.

Mike_W wrote:

Agreed. Point well made/taken.

Carmine D.

Mike_W wrote:

Yes, and I posted it.  It was before Venson's tenure here.  In all honesty, I typically go back on the site here and reread the posts.  It's interesting to see how attitudeds and perspectives change in the posts over time. 

Carmine D.

Here's the site for the YouTube Tacony video.  Enjoy!

http://www.simplicityvac.com/

Carmine D.

Thanks for link CarmineD.
Good to see Tacony has figured out how to profitably make Vacuums here in the USA.