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[โ€“] brewery@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Careful of their lists. Raleigh started in the UK but has no manufacturing plants there (as far as I can tell) and is owned by Accell Group BV, which is based in Netherlands. Still Europe but not sure you can trust these countries of origin

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ah, sad to hear. Would you know of another list?

[โ€“] brewery@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Afraid not, was just flicking through and saw Raleigh in the UK section, which I know a lot about as lived in the area of Nottingham it was once in. They offshored all their factories to cheaper Asian countries many years ago leaving just a small presence in the UK to sell and unpack the bikes. I can see only 130 UK staff (68 sales, 62 admin) so can't imagine they build anything here.

When I get some time I'll go through the list, at least the UK ones which I can find information about much more easily (our company data is open to all - not many countries have this)

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago