China used to have a reputation of cheap motor knockoffs. The price was good…but where was the quality, the innovation? This trend seems to be changing. This is what Karen Auguston Field discovered at the Hannover Fair in Germany this past April anyway. Dan Jones, president of the consulting firm Incremotion told Field, "Today it's no longer the cheap and dirty knockoffs - they (the Chinese) are starting to move into products with reasonable performance."
What do you think? And what does this mean for motor manufacturers around the world?
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China's Changing Motor Reputation
