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In Reply to: EI tube factory destroyed? posted by Paul_A on July 22, 2002 at 10:33:53:
The Ei factory is in fact in Nis, some distance from Belgrade. I visited it some while ago (before the bombings) and it was producing some tubes. A lot of the tube production equipemten has been sold of (by workers) and shipped to (ampont other plcaes, France) where some small scale production is taking place.A lot of the hand tools including presses were also sold on. A lot of the tubes reaching the market are not of the quality you'd expect from one of the most hi-teck factorys in the world, and the majority of the good stuff gets siphoned off to go to 'special' customers, leaving joe public with the remainder.
That's why some of the tubes are good, and others aren't. There's no reliable quality control on what reaches the market, though the quality control in the factory is good.
there's a company in the UK which is supposed to be the exclusive distributor for Ei stuff, but they're nowhere near the good stuff. so avoid it. Can't remember their name, but they lost their marketing guy a coule of years ago, and he was the only one who knew anything about it. The boss was too easily hoodwinked.
Unless you're absolutely sure of the quality, and can test before you buy, treat all Ei products with skepticism.
DW
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