I used to work for the largest ladder manufacturer in the country (which shall remain anonymous) who went to China for their lower end household products. We found that their early production models were of great quality but, it went downhill after that. Our division in CA made more money reworking their products than actual ladder production on sight, LOL! Eventually we closed all of the plants in the US and opened one up in Juarez MX. I had to go there and help install and start up some of the equipment. Almost moved there, then quit, ha ha.