Are any Hoovers MAade in the USA anymore?

[frosty29]

Or did TTI move all production to China

 

[bagintheback]

I think only bags are made in the US now

 

[frosty29]

That is really sad

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

This is reason enough why I'll never forget the 1980s and earlier decades.

~Ben

 

[gusherb]

Mexico and China are the only current production places I know of.

 

[frosty29]

They should put a tariff on all imports this is getting ridiculous

 

[xraytech]

the production of Hoovers in North Canton came to an end at the end of 2007, they are now made in China thanks to TTI

 

[Sablekid]

I think Kirby is the last one left here in the states.

 

[vacman117]

No..

Riccar/Simplicity are still made here

 

[xraytech]

so is Filter Queen

 

[DysonAnimal]

What about Oreck?

In TTI's defense, the cost of bringing the North Canton plant up to standard to meet the volume of production required to remain competitive would have been astronomical. It simply wasn't a viable proposition - sometimes, tradition has to make way for cold, hard business sense. And vacuum cleaner manufacturing IS a business, not a game.

 

[vacman117]

I forgot about Oreck. There is a lot then isn't there. I have no idea, but I am thinking Rainbow might be?

 

[powertank]

Filter Queen uses chinese ametek motors. It's sad. Most motors are chinese now, unfortunately. I think some ametek/lamb motors are still made in the states, though. For large motors, I know Baldor continues to make great quality motors here.

I could have sworn I saw some Hoover bags in the shop that were made in England. Maybe I'm just making things up.

 

[ohio_tuec]

Some new Oreck models (i.e. the Edge) are now made in China as well. They have a relatively new line of commercial models that look like Sanitaires but are made in China as well. As for Hoover, well IMHO, it would have been better for them to go out of business completely than have their name now dragged through the dirt (pun intended) by TTI. I really loved the new Connie & am sorry it had such a short production run. R.I.P. Hoover "as we knew it...."

- Karl

 

[vacman117]

In TTI's defense...

Some of their new machines have been pretty nice.. I, and I am sure many others would have been very sad. Number 1- Hoover's name would be gone as we know it completely. I love the Hoover Windtunnel Air, that was a very nice design, and there is a lot of other machines that I do like. I am not trying to start up a fight or anything, I am just saying.

 

[DysonAnimal]

I agree, Chase - some of the TTI Hoovers have been decent cleaners, and the company continues to enjoy strong sales and brand recognition. The last Maytag-Hoover, aside from the new Constellation, was the Z - creative and ambitious, but impractical, and a massive sales flop.

The current reality may not have been the scenario 'Boss' Hoover imagined for his company, but his family were still firmly in control when he died, and I'm sure he didn't foresee the series of bad decisions over the following decades which would lead to them losing control, and to Hoover's European Division being sold off.

The last chapter of The Fabulous Dustpan has some great words on the need for businesses to adapt and to move with the times. Might be worth re-reading!

 

[ohio_tuec]

Perhaps you could paraphrase some of it here for those of us not fortunate enough to own a copy....

 

[scvacuumguy]

TTI is not all that bad....

They recently restructured their system and they take very good care of their dealers. One of their latest creations is keeping the junk lines at junk stores (big box stores) and keeping decent stuff in dealer protected showrooms. The warranties are taken care of in a reasonable amount of time. Their cheaper products live up to their cheaper price, their more expensive products live up to their more expensive price tag.

Most people who hate TTI aren't even dealers and have no clue how they work, they simply are just stuck in time periods decades ago. While it is great to appreciate long-term appliances, great manufacturing, excellent construction and reliability- we do have to move along with the times, just as Jack and Chase have already said.

The latest Hoovers and Royals are still decent machines. They live up to expectations- and peoples' expectations of appliances are much less than they were decades ago.

 

[eurekaprince]

This reminds me of how sad I am at the disappearance of my beloved Eureka Williams Company. The last time I saw the name "Eureka" put on a vac of decent quality was when Sweden's Electrolux slapped the name on North America's 110-volt version of the Oxygen canisters (beautiful colours, by the way). The only way I can actually see "Eureka" anymore is through the Sanitaire line of uprights. I sometimes imagine what all those new high quality Electrolux's (e.g. the new "ultra one") would look like with the old Eureka logo on them!

It's interesting that Electrolux chose Hungary as their preferred factory location!