Sad day for Motorola and America

[teufler]

Another US manufacture sells out to foireign ownership. Mortorla is now Chinese ownership.. Its one thing, that your radios are built in foreign countries but ownership, thats just bad. About the only radio that is made in the US is Ten Tec.

 

[mmckenna]

Got a link? I'd like to read up on this, haven't heard it anywhere else.

 

[bchappuie]

Motorola that makes wireless phones and braodband devices is now part of Levano. Motorola Solutions, which makes and sells two-way communications is still intact as US based company.

 

[FFPM571]

Apparently someone does not know about Motorola Solutions Vs Motorola Mobility

 

[com501]

I just wish the two way side could have kept "motorola dot com"......

 

[AK9R]

Motorola that makes wireless phones and braodband devices is now part of Levano.

Lenovo. The same company that bought IBM's personal computer business.

Motorola is now officially part of Lenovo | Ars Technica

 

[Voyager]

About the only radio that is made in the US is Ten Tec.

How 'bout Elecraft or Flex?

 

[Thunderknight]

About the only radio that is made in the US is Ten Tec.

Harris has a factory in Rochester, NY. The Unity is made there.

(top of page 2: http://rf.harris.com/media/2011_09_20_RF Grand Opening 09202011_tcm26-18525.pdf )

 

[MTS2000des]

EF Johnson makes most of their subscriber radios in the USA.
https://www.efjohnson.com/about/grants

Public safety officials in today’s economic climate need to be increasingly mindful of how tax dollars are spent and to obtain the best value for the money. Funding must go further than ever before. Our value proposition is simple. We allow you to put more radios into the hands of your first responders and help keep your citizens safe. EF Johnson Technologies radios have passed numerous interoperability tests on government facilities, in independent laboratories, and even at the headquarters of our biggest competitor. Our radios deploy the second-generation AMBE+2 Project 25 Vocoder for loud, clear digital audio that first responders require. Look closely at your radio supplier - where are their radios manufactured? EF Johnson Technologies radios are made in the USA.
Spend your grant money wisely. To learn more, contact us.

 

[RadioGuy7268]

Motorola Solutions also just finalized & officially completed the sale of its "enterprise" business to a company called Zebra. That was some of the bar code readers & RFID tracking devices sold under the Motorola "symbol" name. That had been announced back in April, but was just finalized in October. Not sure where Zebra is based out of, didn't care enough to search it out.

Motorola Solutions is still based out of Shaumburg Illinois, and still sells two way radios. Plenty of their products and/or components are made overseas. Just like every other electronics manufacturer, even if the product says it was "assembled in the USA" - doesn't mean all the components were sourced in the USA.

 

[grem467]

EF Johnson makes most of their subscriber radios in the USA.
https://www.efjohnson.com/about/grants

Public safety officials in today’s economic climate need to be increasingly mindful of how tax dollars are spent and to obtain the best value for the money. Funding must go further than ever before. Our value proposition is simple. We allow you to put more radios into the hands of your first responders and help keep your citizens safe. EF Johnson Technologies radios have passed numerous interoperability tests on government facilities, in independent laboratories, and even at the headquarters of our biggest competitor. Our radios deploy the second-generation AMBE+2 Project 25 Vocoder for loud, clear digital audio that first responders require. Look closely at your radio supplier - where are their radios manufactured? EF Johnson Technologies radios are made in the USA.
Spend your grant money wisely. To learn more, contact us.

Not anymore. The EFJ radios are now rolling off the jvck assembly lines in Japan.