I just found out, you may already know, that Jackson has bought out Edyline and is moving production back into the United States at least partialy because of the Tariff threat. I hope the Yuppie who moved Edyline to Mexico in the first place, got booted.
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mjac
Eddyline has built some great boats. I have paddled one in the San Juan Islands of WA out of Anacortes.
Well, they have gone through some major changes now over the last few years.
Are they actually moving production back here, or is it just a new company headquarters? Doesnāt say in the press release.
From what I was told by a Kayak Dealer, Yak-Works, Jackson bought them out and is in the process of moving all production (where I do not know) back into the United States because of the threat of Tariffs. That is what I was told, I have not verified it with another source.
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mjac
The boats will be built at Jacksonās facility in Sparta, TN. Most if not all of the manufacturing tools and molds are in the US now or on their way up.
There you go, Yak-Works told me they were āin the processā of getting back into production, I did not know exactly what he meant.
mjac
The āyuppiesā were RZC Investments who bought out Eddyline in 2021ā¦ they moved production to Mexico to make money.
Not surprisingly, they are now selling it off as that is what investment companies doā¦ my uniformed opinion is that it likely didnāt give them the ROI they wanted (gotta make them stock holders happy).
As far as āavoiding tariffsā, it appears Jackson already makes all their boats in the US so consolidation in one location makes senseā¦ and unless Jackson decides to provide a reason, it is all rumor and uniformed opinion.
Additionally, they already dropped the Fathom from their lineupā¦perhaps a temporary thing until they get all the equipment moved or perhaps not, time will tell.
I saw the interview of the āYuppieā, you say of RZC Investments, who made the decision to move Eddyline to Mexico on why the decision was made leaving the Northwest culture behind. He was a young spreadsheet guy who did not know what he was talking about or what he was doing. Evidenced by these latest developments. It was disgusting, I felt for the workers who were subject to this guyās wishes.
All I have is what I was told by Kevin Artzner at Yak-Works Kayaks in North Carolina, he said āpartāof the reason production was moved back into the United States was the threat of Tariffs. That is all I have, no inside information, but I would have to disagree with you. It may not have been the over riding factor, the fact that Jackson is in Tennessee may very well be, but I think it was a contributing factor. If that factory was making money and there was no threat of Tariffs, that production site may have very well stayed there. Trump is going to be in office for four years, anything can happen, they can not take that chance.
Dropping the best boat they make from their lineup is certainlyā¦ a choice.
Was that done by the previous yuppie management at RZC or by Jackson?
Well the Tariffs have hit and they have hit hard and suddenly. If the political climate does not change this could be a long haul. This played a part in Jacksonās thinking, it had to.
mjac
Do you really think companies make these decisions in a month?