Waterford Stanley.

TheQuietFella

http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2015/1215/753786-job-cuts/

Best of luck to all out there!

Wanderer78

very sad news. best of luck folks

lassykk

Terrible news for the employees out there.

jimbojazz

Terrible news this time of year and yet everyday we're hearing of big job announcements everywhere else.

Recovery my arse - wait till the politicians knock on my door - especially Deasy, Coffey and Conway - useless muppets

Wanderer78

jimbojazz wrote: »

Terrible news this time of year and yet everyday we're hearing of big job announcements everywhere else.

Recovery my arse - wait till the politicians knock on my door - especially Deasy, Coffey and Conway - useless muppets

a deeply difficult time of year for families to be dealing with this news

wait till the interest rates start rising!

MRnotlob606

Terrible to have to go home and tell your family at Christmas time that you've just lost your job.

road_high

TheQuietFella wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2015/1215/753786-job-cuts/

Best of luck to all out there!

Am i right in saying that it's mainly assembly operation now in Ireland? The parts and castings come in from the likes of China and are assembled here?
Dissapointing to hear, I'd have thought a business like that would be seeing an upturn after the recession.

robtri

road_high wrote: »

Am i right in saying that it's mainly assembly operation now in Ireland? The parts and castings come in from the likes of China and are assembled here?
Dissapointing to hear, I'd have thought a business like that would be seeing an upturn after the recession.

you are correct, casting done abroad, i know they tried china, but i dont think it worked out, something tells me Spain...

not competitive in the market, seem to be more expensive than other high quality models..

Wanderer78

road_high wrote: »

.....I'd have thought a business like that would be seeing an upturn after the recession.

so whats the problem? how come some businesses are still struggling? how come many families are still struggling? whats wrong, as something really isnt right at all, for some anyway?

kayaksurfbum

They have a bad product apparently, i was going to buy a stove last year, the three shops i went to warned me off stanely saying that they are not very good!

If the retailers dont want to sell them, then the manufacture will suffer.

road_high

kayaksurfbum wrote: »

They have a bad product apparently, i was going to buy a stove last year, the three shops i went to warned me off stanely saying that they are not very good!

If the retailers dont want to sell them, then the manufacture will suffer.

Have one at home and find it excellent, High quality and solid. There is a load of different models out now so competition would be fierce. Ireland can be tough place to make heavy, low tech goods like these I'd say.

road_high

Wanderer78 wrote: »

so whats the problem? how come some businesses are still struggling? how come many families are still struggling? whats wrong, as something really isnt right at all, for some anyway?

There's a whole myriad of possibilities and answers I'm sure. Individual circumstances etc. Even in the better times some businesses can falter regardless. The market takes no prisoners.
I hope they can survive as they have a good name and brand and good product in my experience.

Dum_Dum

Can't they get a taxpayer bailout like the banks did?

robtri

kayaksurfbum wrote: »

They have a bad product apparently, i was going to buy a stove last year, the three shops i went to warned me off stanely saying that they are not very good!

If the retailers dont want to sell them, then the manufacture will suffer.

and so over priced compared to similar products....
when i went to get mine a couple of years ago, i had stanley in my head as being what i wanted, but it was literally 50% more than a similar product....

couldnt justify that price difference

Wanderer78

robtri wrote: »

and so over priced compared to similar products....
when i went to get mine a couple of years ago, i had stanley in my head as being what i wanted, but it was literally 50% more than a similar product....

couldnt justify that price difference

this is big problem folks! if we keep abandoning our irish businesses, we ll all eventually be on the dole!

but i do understand where you're coming from. houston, we have a problem!

robtri

Wanderer78 wrote: »

this is big problem folks! if we keep abandoning our irish businesses, we ll all eventually be on the dole!

but i do understand where you're coming from. houston, we have a problem!

nope bought another Irish Brand....

Wanderer78

robtri wrote: »

nope bought another Irish Brand....

fair play ta yea. what brand?

fiachr_a

Wanderer78 wrote: »

but i do understand where you're coming from. houston, we have a problem!

'The demand is not there for factory workers' http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-demand-is-not-there-for-factory-workers-30330766.html

road_high

fiachr_a wrote: »

'The demand is not there for factory workers' http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-demand-is-not-there-for-factory-workers-30330766.html

Depends on the area and products. Areas like food, pharma, higher tech and added value yes.
Companies making products that can be produced cheaper and better elsewhere, then no.

Finnbar01

fiachr_a wrote: »

'The demand is not there for factory workers' http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-demand-is-not-there-for-factory-workers-30330766.html

And a lot of factory jobs have been automated.

Wanderer78

Finnbar01 wrote: »

And a lot of factory jobs have been automated.

i think you're both right. automation is an issue for the general workforce. the factory i use to work in is moving more and more towards automation. the workforce is very small there now relative to what it was some years ago. its sad to see manufacturing slowly leaving this country. service jobs aint good in general for people's mental well being. money generally isnt great either compared to manufacturing job.

Junior

We purchased a stove about 2 years ago now at this stage and when we got speaking to the dealer he said there was about 6-8 Irish brands going at one stage that were all sourcing out of China, but once they recession hit they died off, but in the mean time they'd cut the arse out of the market, they were cheap stoves for a reason.

robtri

Wanderer78 wrote: »

fair play ta yea. what brand?

sorry wasnt online...

Boru.... very nice and no problems with it at all....