I will try to find out. Bob Bob Moore Commerce CRG - Salt Lake City office 175 East 400 South, Suite 700 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Direct: 801-303-5418 Main: 801-322-2000 Fax: 801-322-2040 BMoore@commercecrg.com www.commercecrg.com -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dale Hooper Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 10:10 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Meade moving? Hi All, I'm the one that posted it to the OAS list. Things have been rather hectic so I haven't had a chance to check this list for the past few days. As Patrick mentions below they don't tell you where they are moving to. It's a message from Meade sent to their *dealers*. Herb York the owner of Anacortes posted it to the Astromart list. I've included the original message below Patrick's reply. Clear skies, Dale.
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy- bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:01 PM To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Meade moving?
I just saw a message on the OAS list the poster said was forwarded from Meade. It said Meade is relocating their manufacturing operations from Irvine, California to "a lower-cost location."
Did not say where the new place is.
Guesses?
pw
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#528227 Announcement: Dear Valued Meade Customer - YOU need to know Category: Astromart Classifieds / Telescope - Catadioptric Placed: 10/22/2007 4:31 PM PST Placed By: Anacortes Telescope http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=528227 Shipping: Location: ------------------------------------------------------------ 10/22/07 Dear Valued Meade Dealer: In our continuing effort to provide high quality products at affordable prices to the amateur astronomy community, we have initiated a plan to significantly increase our manufacturing efficiently by relocating our manufacturing operations from our Irvine, California factory to a brand new production facility at a lower-cost location. This move allows us to implement improved processes and procedures to assure the highest quality in our products. During this transition, production of some products will be interrupted and a few items will be discontinued. We will work to minimize the delays and bring the new facility up to speed as fast as possible. Meade is continuing its aggressive development of new and innovative products that will appear in the market over the next few years. This change of manufacturing location will have no impact on our schedules for new products. Please see the details of the affected models below. Models not mentioned below will continue to be available without interruption. For specific information concerning existing orders for products affected, please contact your dealer support representative. Coronado Production of Coronado products will continue with the exception of the items listed below and custom filter adapters. Please call for details on which adapters will be available. PSTCaK Personal Solar Telescope Calcium K Discontinued CaK70T Ca-K 70mm Telescope with Sol Ranger Discontinued CaK90T Ca-K 90mm Telescope with Sol Ranger Discontinued SM70T SolarMax 70 Telescope and Sol Ranger Discontinued LX90GPS 0810-90-61 8" LX90GPS (f/10) Schmidt-Cassegrain w/UHTC No interruption of production is anticipated. 1010-90-61 10" LX90GPS (f/10) Schmidt-Cassegrain w/UHTC Existing orders will be filled. Then production is suspended until Spring 2008. New orders will be accepted for Spring delivery. 1210-90-61 12" LX90GPS (f/10) Schmidt-Cassegrain w/UHTC Existing orders will be filled. Then production is suspended until Spring 2008. New orders will be accepted for Spring delivery. LX200R 0810-60-02 8" LX200R (f/10) Advanced Ritchey-ChrZtien w/UHTC No interruption of production is anticipated. 1010-60-02 10" LX200R (f/10) Advanced Ritchey-ChrZtien w/UHTC No interruption of production is anticipated. 1210-60-02 12" LX200R (f/10) Advanced Ritchey-ChrZtien w/UHTC No interruption of production is anticipated. Page 1 Page 2 1410-60-02 14" LX200R (f/10) Advanced Ritchey-ChrZtien w/UHTC Existing orders will be filled. Then production is suspended until the second half of 2008. No new orders will be accepted at this time. 1410-60-00 14" LX200R (f/10) OTA w/UHTC Production is suspended indefinitely. No new orders will be accepted. 1610-60-02 16" LX200R (f/10) Advanced Ritchey-ChrZtien w/UHTC Existing orders will be filled. A few new orders will be accepted for units currently in production. Then Production is suspended until the second half of 2008. 1610-60-02AZ 16" LX200R (f/10) Advanced Ritchey-ChrZtien w/AZ Pier w/UHTC Existing orders will be filled. A few new orders will be accepted for units currently in production. Then Production is suspended until the second half of 2008.. 1610-60-02EQ 16" LX200R (f/10) Advanced Ritchey-ChrZtien w/EQ Pier w/UHTC Existing orders will be filled. A few new orders will be accepted for units currently in production. Then Production is suspended until the second half of 2008. 1610-60-02N 16" LX200R (f/10) Advanced Ritchey-ChrZtien w/UHTC w/o Tripod Existing orders will be filled. A few new orders will be accepted for units currently in production. Then Production is suspended until the second half of 2008. RCX400 and MAX Mount Production of all RCX and MAX Mount models will be suspended indefinitely and no new orders are currently being accepted, except where noted below. Limited existing orders that are currently in production will be filled and communicated individually. 1008-40-01 10" RCX400 (f/8) Advanced Ritchey-ChrZtien on Fork Mount A few new orders will be accepted for units currently in production. Production will be suspended indefinitely in Dec. 1208-40-01 12" RCX400 (f/8) Advanced Ritchey-ChrZtien on Fork Mount A few new orders will be accepted for units currently in production. Production will be suspended indefinitely in Dec. 1408-40-01 14" RCX400 (f/8) Advanced Ritchey-ChrZtien on Fork Mount A few new orders will be accepted for units currently in production. Production will be suspended indefinitely in Dec. All product numbers 16" RCX400 (f/8) Advanced Ritchey-ChrZtien on Fork Mount A few new orders will be accepted for units currently in production. Production will be suspended indefinitely in Dec. All product numbers MAX Mount Products Limited number of existing orders will be filled starting in January, 2008. 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