The End of the Road for ABU

[Robert Janssen]

 The end has come for the ABU factory in Svängsta.
About ten days ago, the last Swedish reels left the factory.

And, perhaps just a few hours ago, the last day of work ended for many of the last handful of workers.

Unless they are sitting there right this very minute, friends and co-workers alike, sharing memories, telling stories of the glory days, or maybe just walking through empty rooms and listening to the walls tell their tale.

After over one hundred years, it is all over.

Fuk Sycamore Partners and their corporate greed. I wish them a miserable Christmas.

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[foakes]

Another chapter of life in the angling world...

Surprised they hung on as long as they did.

😪😪

Best, Fred

[Keta]

I hope Penn survives.

[MarkT]

Everything made in China and Korea now? Penn's levelwinds are made at that same Korean plant.

[Keta]

The Torque and International reels are built or assembled in the US.

I have a ABU Alphmar that has some parts interchangability with Fathom level wind reels.

[Benni3]

Not good,,,,

[Swami805]

That's a shame, the corporate overlords can't squeeze enough out of them to keep the shareholders happy

[Hardy Boy]

It's all China now and what isn't soon will be...... sad but true


Todd

[oc1]

They should make a museum in the old building.  Maybe Svängsta needs another attraction for the holiday fishing crowd.

[Midway Tommy]

It was inevitable, considering past news on the subject, but still a sad, sad, day!