Anyone know WHERE in China Estes kits are made?

Title says it all. Only asking because of production issues that might arise, NOT because of any contamination issue which is NOT a factor.

My Trajector box says (in tiny print): Made in Guangdong, China.
I think that was formerly called Canton.
It's a province, don't know what city.

Winston said:

... NOT because of any contamination issue which is NOT a factor.

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Considering all imported consumer goods "Made in China", I think it's safe to say model rockets wouldn't be the first channel of concern.

Anyhow, I like links, so here's a link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong

Funkworks said:

Considering all imported consumer goods "Made in China", I think it's safe to say model rockets wouldn't be the first channel of concern.

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It isn't, I was just curious. I also went to the Estes site and saw nothing on sale.

kuririn said:

My Trajector box says (in tiny print): Made in Guangdong, China.
I think that was formerly called Canton.
It's a province, don't know what city.

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Stupid me. I have all kinds of unbuilt kits and didn't look at a package because I didn't think they'd be that specific. Usually it's just "Made in China."

Anyway, here's the scoop on that area of China:

China encourages citizens to return to work as coronavirus hits economy
Authorities are caught between urgent need to restart economy and efforts to contain virus
23 Feb 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/23/scared-china-workers-halt-firms-return-to-business

Southern Guangdong province, just across from Hong Kong and home to international giants such as Apple supplier Foxconn, is the second-worst affected province after Hubei, with 1,339 cases of the coronavirus confirmed and five deaths. [as of 24 Feb 2020, they have 1,345 confirmed cases, 6 deaths (I really doubt that; should be 25-30 according to usual death rate), and 986 recovered - W].

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China’s economic powerhouse Guangdong lowers coronavirus threat level amid drive to get economy going again
- Province had been worst hit area outside Hubei, but authorities decide some controls can be eased after number of new cases reported slows
- Beijing has been pushing to get people back to work with President Xi Jinping urging officials to lower the emergency response level where possible
24 Feb 2020

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/pol...owerhouse-guangdong-lowers-coronavirus-threat

China’s southern economic powerhouse of Guangdong lowered its public health emergency response to the Covid-19 epidemic on Monday, offering relief to some businesses.

A Grade I alert – the highest level – had been in force for a month and the decision to lower it to a Grade II was matched by five other provinces and came amid a government push to get the country’s economy moving again.

On Sunday, President Xi Jinping addressed tens of thousands of officials across the country in a rare teleconference in which he told them to vary disease control measures depending on local conditions, and to downgrade emergency response levels where possible.

Guangdong, which neighbours Hong Kong, has been the worst-hit province after Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak, with 1,345 confirmed cases of infection and six deaths. But the number of new cases reported each day has fallen to single digits over the past week.

Go back to work too early to save the economy, start the epidemic all over again.

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First cancellation since 1995. On the other hand, "Go back to work peasants! It's safe!"

Coronavirus: China postpones National People's Congress [excuse - too busy saving their people - W]
24 Feb 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/global-...own-economy-south-korea-npc-annual-parliament

I was sad to see that Estes kits are made in China. I guess I assumed model rockets were a small enough niche industry that they’d actually be made in Penrose.

BBowmaster said:

I was sad to see that Estes kits are made in China. I guess I assumed model rockets were a small enough niche industry that they’d actually be made in Penrose.

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You don't know how expensive American made california-edible plywood and balsa gets

Americans demanding $15 an hour with health benefits is too expensive, vs Chinese labor. NOT getting into the politics of it all.

Do they make the engines in China?

SmallTownOhioRockets said:

Do they make the engines in China?

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Nope, their motors are produced right there in Colorado. In lots of little spaced out shacks covered in lightning protection

Cool! Thanks for the info. And there's somebody spinning a good yarn of a story over in how far can you take this hobby!