Well Pete,
There are a couple of possibilities here.
First off, it may be the case that the custom enclosures unit of Ten-Tec is
profitable, but for any of a variety of business reasons, the new ownership
no longer wishes to be in that segment of the business.
So, it is very possible that the unit may be "spun off" to someone else and
still operate, simply as an independent company.
Or, the unit and its equipment might be sold to an existing company.
Second, there may already be an existing firm available to RF Concepts that
may be able to make the enclosures for them cheaper and more efficiently.
This is a reasonable assumption if Ten-Tec's enclosure equipment is old,
out-dated, and/or expensive to update. So if this is the case, it would be
more cost efficient to use the outside firm to make these for them.
Hopefully, the existing firm is relatively local. But we all know that it
may be off-shore. Such are world economics today.
There is also a third option, although I suspect this one might be unlikely.
It's also possible that RF Concepts might re-evaluate and decide to keep the
business unit after all.
The company may also have decided that they are going to be busy enough that
while they will still make their own enclosures and custom moldings, they
aren't going to do it for others in the future. Again, this may come down
to the economics... it's cost effective for them to make their own
enclosures, but with the added ancillary costs, it's not cost effective (ie
not profitable enough) to do so for others.
I'm sure we'll find out in due time.
Which all reminds me, I really need to get back to my little project of
building a new tuner inside that old MN-2000 shell I picked up...
73, ron w3wn
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter
Bertini
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 2:50 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Ten Tec custom enclosures comment...
I couldn't find the original thread, but here is my concern... I own
several Ten Tec rigs, from VHF FM transceivers to my HF rigs: a Paragon II
and an Omni VI.
I'd surmise that Ten Tec has always made the enclosures and provided the
metal working for their rigs, including the cabinets, injection molded
front panels, etc. It would seem that the custom enclosures were an
efficient use of existing manufacturing equipment that supported their main
product lines.
If they need to give up the injection molding and machine shop stuff, who
is going to provide the enclosures for future ham equipment? Is Alpha
taking over that aspect during manufacture?
Pete
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