Reel Repair by Alan Tani

 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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Another chapter of life in the angling world...

Surprised they hung on as long as they did.

😪😪

Best, Fred

I hope Penn survives.

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

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.

Not good,,,,

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

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


Todd

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

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

For now.

Considering their ownership, it's only a matter of time. Don't set your hopes too high. 🥴

My philosophy is that there is both good and bad with most things. Manufacturing companies have been selling and buying each other forever it seems. Usually, the quality is cheapened when this occurs. What's good about the modern financial corporation consolidation of manufacturing companies?... ahhh, ummmm...,?
Ok, the market for old school single country company products improves for sellers.

Quote from: Keta on December 23, 2025, 11:45:11 PMThe 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.

ABU Beast and Penn Fathom II are the same reel.

Robert (and anyone else that feels the same way),
If you really want to F_ _  Sycamore Partners simply stop buying any products associated with that name.

Vote With Your Dollar

Folks don't realize the power they have in matters like this. I thought after the Bud Light debacle
people would have an awakening to a means of combatting corporate greed. Private Equity is the culprit.

We the people.