Where are Leatherman tools made now?

[markdi]

I live about 5 miles from the leatherman factory.

 

[SJACKAL]

Maybe you could pop in and ask Mr Tim?

 

[RA40]

This was relayed to me through the grape vine so you may have to dig a bit to veirify, based on what I read, this should be easy to follow-up. It was relayed that Leatherman Tool lost a $10,000,000 lawsuit last year. The allegation was their product was not completely made in the US.

 

[parnass]

.... It was relayed that Leatherman Tool lost a $10,000,000 lawsuit last year. The allegation was their product was not completely made in the US.

Thanks for the tip. Using the Google search engine, I found this article:

http://www.lawcash.com/attorney/2545/leatherman-tool-group-lawsuit.asp

In part, it says "A class action has been certified against the Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. on behalf of all persons who, between April 2, 1997, and the date of any eventual judgment in this action, purchased for personal, family, or household purposes any Leatherman tool in California that was contained in packages on which an unqualified "Made in U.S.A." or "U.S.A." representation was made. The action alleges that the company violated California's Unfair Competition Law and Consumer Legal Remedies Act by falsely advertising that its products were completely made in America. The action seeks compensatory damages, and an order from the court that will force Leatherman to state truthfully where its tools are manufactured. ..."

Perhaps this is the lawsuit in question.

 

[CLHC]

Whoa! A real ocular opener here. . .

". . .an order from the court. . .will force Leatherman to state truthfully where its tools are manufactured. . ."

Well now, I really must say. . .

 

[markdi]

my nephiew's girlfriend's father works at Leatherman.

I have been there many times to have one of there tools fixed or sharpened.

I usually get my tool mailed back to me in three days - totaly free of charge.

 

[powernoodle]

when the owner started supporting Kerry for President

Glad I'm not the last person on earth who recalls this. I'll never buy another. Never. No way. :wave:

 

[InfidelCastro]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe I read somewhere in a thread over in Bladeforums that the reason Leatherman quit putting USA on their tools was because a product could only have USA on it if it was made entirely in the USA. That means no parts from anywhere else (screws, washers, etc.). I haven't really looked but I don't suppose I've ever seen a screw or a washer with USA printed on it.

I have heard that things can be marked 'made in the USA' even if the parts are foreign and it is only partially manufactured here..


That does make sense if you think about how firearms manufactures get around the 89' import ban, but I don't know if that's a good example or not.

 

[InfidelCastro]

Glad I'm not the last person on earth who recalls this. I'll never buy another. Never. No way. :wave:

Globalist socialists Bush/Cheney or globalist socialists Kerry/Edwards... personally I don't get my panties in a bunch over the extremely minor (and in reality non-existent) differences between the two corporate parties. I voted for Badnarik myself. I refuse to be a party to the slow destruction of this country, whether it's Kerry driving us off the cliff at 80mph or Bush at 70.

 

[DimBeam]

Globalist socialists Bush/Cheney or globalist socialists Kerry/Edwards... personally I don't get my panties in a bunch over the extremely minor (and in reality non-existent) differences between the two corporate parties. I voted for Badnarik myself. I refuse to be a party to the slow destruction of this country, whether it's Kerry driving us off the cliff at 80mph or Bush at 70.

Could not have said it better!!

 

[RA40]

I have heard that things can be marked 'made in the USA' even if the parts are foreign and it is only partially manufactured here..
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I don't have the specifics, a product's origin has to have a percentage to qualify for the designation. Supporting items like screws, washers can be of off shore manufacture. Main componets produced off shore but assembled in US would read of the country it was produced in. Other labeling would be:"Assembled in USA with components manufactured from XXXX."

 

[heathah]

I have heard that things can be marked 'made in the USA' even if the parts are foreign and it is only partially manufactured here..


That does make sense if you think about how firearms manufactures get around the 89' import ban, but I don't know if that's a good example or not.

This is more from the link parnass mentioned earlier about the California/Leatherman lawsuit:

"The action alleges that the company sold its tools in packaging indicating that they were produced completely in the United States, when in actuality certain parts were manufactured outside the country. California's consumer protection laws--which are more stringent in some ways than those of other states--prohibit the unqualified use of statements like "Made in the U.S.A." if a product is made of parts manufactured in another country, even if the final product was in fact assembled here."