I wanted to buy a drills to make a hole in a wall, nothing special, but was interested if I could find anything made in EU and it was so hard!

Firstly I looked for polish (local to me) producer - there is none at the moment. So I tried Germany - traditionally industrialized, sure there must be a lot od options. Turns out it is really difficult to find information about production online - basically if it is not provided, it’s produced in china. I even found some small family business from Germany with photos of it owners etc but had to find a photo of back of the item in peoples’ reviews to confirm - it’s producing tools in China.

This is what I settled with - company that produces most of their tools in China but have special line of items produced in Germany with clear information on it. So I succeeded but it was pretty disappointing experience.

  • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netEnglish
    17·
    3 days ago

    Most of the time the companies put country of origins like Germany very prominently. So if they do not do that, they are probably from China or so.

  • Michal@programming.devEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Country of origin isn’t always so clear cut. Even for drill bits, the materials, iron ore, packaging can come from different countries, then turned into product in another then packaged elsewhere.

  • vorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.frFrançais
    16·
    3 days ago

    Brands love to brag they’re European but sell you Chinese tools, most of the time they’re not even their own designs.

    It’s annoying that they don’t have to be more transparent about this.

  • CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    I’d look into the EU / German laws to confirm the labelling requirements

    Since the US-Canada tariffs, a lot of products in Canada have been identifying themselves as Canadian. However, as we’re learning now - “Made in Canada” vs “Canadian” is very different. A lot of companies have been touting themselves as “Canadian” when they just have Greg from marketing who mentioned he has a cousin that used to live in Toronto a few years ago. Even “Made in Canada” is a grey area - the product doesn’t have to be 100% Canadian to qualify