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Designed
and Manufactured in the USA |
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All Lumenelle™ products
are designed in Marengo, Illinois, which is about 60 miles northwest of
Chicago. |
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Our lighting products
are manufactured in in the Chicago area. |
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Our custom lighting
products are built in local model shops. |
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Our one-of-a-kind
and very limited edition "art lamps" are designed by Peter
Janko or Ken Larson or both and built
by us or local artists. |
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All major components
(glass, ceramic, metal parts, shades, etc.) used in our lighting products
are also manufactured in the USA. |
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We go out of our
way to find electrical components, (ie. switches, transformers, sockets,
wire), bulbs, etc., also made the USA. We are not always successful. However,
we always use top quality components from leading manufacturers such as
Sylvania, GE, Philips, Leviton, etc. |
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is the "Made in the USA" label so important? |
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Jobs: Every
product that does not say "Made in the USA", signifies jobs that
have been exported to other countries. |
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Jobs: Relatively
well paying manufacturing jobs with benefits are usually replaced by low
or minimum wage jobs many with no benefits. Not affected? What about your
spouse, children, grandchildren, relatives, and/or friends. |
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$$$: People
in better paying jobs have more money to spend. If you own a store, restaurant,
service, etc., your profits depend on other people being able to afford
what you sell. |
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Quality: "Made
in the USA" is still synonymous with high quality and durability. Not all
imports are bad. However, when an American company chooses to manufacture
its products in "low cost manufacturing" countries, they usually do so
to minimize their cost. Quality is often the first casualty of cost reduction. |
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more about the importance of the "Made in USA" label, visit... |
| madeinusa.com
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