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Originally Posted by Tcoat

In today's global market even the "Made in XXX" sticker can be deceiving. When the individual parts of the components can be made anyplace and then assembled into the final product someplace else the lines get blurred in a hurry. A strut may consist of a valve made in Mexico, a housing made in China, gaskets and seals made in Malaysia, a rod made in USA, fluid made in Canada and fittings made in India (those that know where I work know I am not guessing at these locations). Wherever it is assembled into a finished product is generally where the "Made In" sticker states even if not one single part was actually manufactured in that country. If all those components are assembled in Japan then all of a sudden that strut wears a "Made in Japan" sticker.
Then we get the very confusing situation of companies owned in one country but the products that they make are done in another. A great example of this is Aisin. Much of their design and manufacturing is done in Mexico, Canada and the US but people think of them as a completely Japanese company.
The day of being able to say that anything was made in a certain country are long gone and will never return.

So I could be right? Scionland can be a strong contender.