Autometer made in China!

I saw this thread cruising Google and had to respond here.

Full disclosure: I am an employee of Auto Meter and work in Sycamore, IL at the factory.

Continued disclosure: my comments are not the opinions of Auto Meter, simply mine as a person.

With that said, I am borderline offended by this. My job, the way I provide for my family is something I take a great deal of pride in. I take a great deal of pride in the company I work for. I take a great deal of pride in the way we conduct ourselves as a business.

Not only does Auto Meter go out of their way to buy every component we can in the US, we try to buy every component we can from (and use vendors in) our own county. We support a decent chunk of a local economy in a small farming community west of Chicago. This is a mom and pop style operation, not some faceless corporation trying to tweak every last dollar to profit shareholders.

We go so far as to print circuit boards in house, to wind our own meter movements in house. I know for a fact we are the only TS/ISO certified manufacturer of the micro air core in the US.

I took some pictures personally of the factory here and the manufacturing process and posted them on the Auto Meter Facebook page. Most of what we do is still built by hand! I'd welcome you to take a look and judge for yourself, but Auto Meter branded products are built in Sycamore, IL as they have been since this plant opened in '79. And since '57, they've been built in Northern Illinois.

I've used my real name and would welcome any questions/comments. Thanks all!

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