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As many of our customers, friends and business associates know, Audiomagus has been working to establish a base of small manufacturing in the US and Canada. This has been a major part of our planning from the beginning of the business, some two years ago.

It was our feeling then that small manufacturing was a fundamentally important part of small business in the US. Making things, rather than just moving money around, was once at the core of US business — and would be at the core of it again as the global economic picture shifted.

Localized manufacturing would allow Audiomagus to have greater control and stability of quality and supply. It would allow us to better protect our Intellectual Property and it would let us control costs and cut margins so that we could provide not just better products, but also better values to our ciustomers.

It has been a very difficult process. One exacerbated by the US, and then world, financial crises. We do find some validation in recent news coming out of China regarding rising costs of materials and labor, closing factories and worker unrest.

We are continuing our efforts to make our products here. Though we are unsure of the outcome. Money is tight, credit is nonexistent, and all of us at Audiomagus are, well, tired. It is a good fight and we are comitted to going forward. We just wish we had more energy, resources and support. Time will tell…