Most of us in the USA who've been designing boards for several years might
remember when we could put "MADE IN USA" on our boards and we did so with
pride.



Then in 1997 the Federal Trade Commission issued their "ENFORCEMENT POLICY
STATEMENT ON U.S. ORIGIN CLAIMS (Federal Trade Commission, December 1997)".
You can Google it and read all the legalese.



Since then, except for the exceedingly rare situation whereby a company
fabricates all its glass and assembles all its components totally in the
USA, we can't, and don't, put "MADE IN USA" on our boards any more.



But how about "DESIGNED IN USA"?  Is anybody in this forum putting "DESIGNED
IN USA" on their boards?  That would seem to be permissible within the
legalese of the FTC document under Section B, "Claims about Specific
Processes or Parts".



Or have our oligarchs, with their offshoring of PCB assembly, already
rendered "DESIGNED IN USA" also a dead horse?





Best Regards,



----------------------------

Gary M. Koven, C.I.D.

Dynazign, Inc.

Charlotte, NC, USA

Veteran of the Marsh School




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