It seems to me it is impossible to tell if products sold by European sellers are Chinese, or not, unless you ask. Products sold in the USA must be labeled as to country of origin, apparently, as all that I purchase are.
I have purchased from Chronos in the UK, and I am quite certain what I purchased were sourced either from China or India, although none were identified as such. That said, Chronos obviously writes the specs for the items, as quality and tolerance were quite good. My purchases include M12x1 chucks and a rotary table.
Same holds true for GGTools, except the source is not obvious. I purchased a Unimat DB/SL tailstock ram from them with a built-in ER11 collet holder, and the quality is quite good.
So whether made in Germany or China is besides the point (at least from a practical position), if Chronos or GGTools controls the quality. Of course, there always may be other considerations besides the purely practical, but for Unimat accessories, your choices of sources is a bit limited.
<Snip> Can I have some confidence that these are made in their countries of origin, or are they just Chinese at marked up prices?? Also, it seems nothing is in the US.
