Ellis explained how strong the safety benefits are when sourcing from American factories, "American manufacturers, who source their materials domestically, benefit from a highly sophisticated regulatory system which has taken over 100 years to develop." What you may not know as a distributor is when you buy American, there are certain assurances that you can expect to be in place. "[American Manufacturers] can rely on written assurances from their supply sources that their materials comply with the various product safety regulations, that their products meet certain design specifications, that their quality levels are within tolerance, etc.," continued Ellis. But if these agreed-upon qualities are modified without informing the customer, then legal action against the vendor can be taken. "Such legal protection is simply not available to suppliers who import their product from developing countries, and as a result, they have only limited control over the quality of the product they bring in to re-sell," he explained.
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- Humphrey Line
- Molenaar