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Message: <blockquote data-quote="perterra" data-source="post: 3169627" data-attributes="member: 103709">To be considered a factory I think you need to be a manufacturer. And not use it as a play on words by calling some other makers facility who you contract it to "our facility". I dont feel you have to make all the parts, very little is done 100% in house anymore anyway, but it needs to be more than making bino bags for the binos you import or contract. But you need to be doing assembly and more than screwing on your eye pieces or adding your stickers. If the electric bill for the plant shows up at your mailbox, then you own a plant.I dont think design is that important, with the way companies reverse engineer and knock off clones these days the actual design elements are not a must.I see nothing wrong with being a distributor, Bushnell did it as well as anyone. And I dont think you must bring in 100% of your line. You could make one style bino and import the rest and you are still a factory.</blockquote>