Re: wix oil filters made in mexico
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Re: wix oil filters made in mexico
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11/14/19 11:20 AM
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Because of my automated machinery business, I have been in several oil filter plants in the midwest. They are all pretty much automated from start to finish. Sheetmetal rolls on one side of the building, boxed up filters go out the door on the other side. The filters dont really get touched by humans in any way that would hamper assembly quality. I wouldnt worry about the Wix line south of the border.
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Re: wix oil filters made in mexico
[Re: 19swinger70]
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11/14/19 12:20 PM
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I had a conversation with an outside rep from a NAPA store less than a week ago. He said people were concerned about Wix production going out of the country after the Wix/Mann-Hummel "merger". He was assured Wix manufacturing would stay in the Carolinas. So much for assurances.
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Re: wix oil filters made in mexico
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I had a conversation with an outside rep from a NAPA store less than a week ago. He said people were concerned about Wix production going out of the country after the Wix/Mann-Hummel "merger". He was assured Wix manufacturing would stay in the Carolinas. So much for assurances. Did they close the plant and move it to Mexico? Or do they have more than one plant?
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Re: wix oil filters made in mexico
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Because of my automated machinery business, I have been in several oil filter plants in the midwest. They are all pretty much automated from start to finish. Sheetmetal rolls on one side of the building, boxed up filters go out the door on the other side. The filters dont really get touched by humans in any way that would hamper assembly quality. I wouldnt worry about the Wix line south of the border. I did some servo tuning on the filter pleating machines at the Fram plant near Dayton, OH. It was 15yrs ago but I thought they had a pretty interesting manufacturing process. Very automated. Holy crap, is that filter material itchy if you get it on your skin! Just like fiberglass home insulation material.
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Re: wix oil filters made in mexico
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11/15/19 03:16 AM
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Plant Locations
Allen Plant 2900 Northwest Blvd. Gastonia, NC 28052 (P.O. Box 1967 Gastonia, NC 28053-1967) Phone: 704-864-6711 View Map
Dillon Plant 1422 Wix Road P.O. Box 1267 Dillon, SC 29536 Phone: 843-774-5623 View Map
Dixon Plant 1525 S. Marietta St. Gastonia, NC 28054 (PO Box 1902 Gastonia, NC 28053-1902) Phone: 704-869-3700 View Map
MDC (Master Dist. Ctr.) 1551 Mt. Olive Church Rd. Gastonia, NC 28052 (PO Box 1901 Gastonia, NC 28053-1901) Phone: 704-869-3900 View Map
Returns Building 1525 Marietta St. Gastonia, NC 28052 Phone: 704-869-3700 View Map
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Filtron Facility - Poland 63-800 Gostyn - Poland ul. Wroclawska 145 Gostyn Poland Phone: 011-48-65-572-8912
South America Facility - Brazil Av. Pres. Medice, 939 06268-000 - Osasco - SP Brazil Phone: 011-55-11-3602-2837
Venezuela Facility Zona Ind. Sur, Av Branger c/c Iribarren Borges Valencia Edo. Carabobo Phone: 011-58-241-8396227
WF Manufacturing S. DE R.L. DE C.V. Bldv. Alpha #1655 Parque Industrial Santa Maria Ramos Arizpe Coahuila 25900 Mexico C.P. Phone: 011-52-844-866-2100
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Wix - China 15A1 Times Square 500 Zhangyang Rd Shanghai China 200122
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Re: wix oil filters made in mexico
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11/15/19 09:13 AM
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The plant in Dillon, SC, is supposed to be closing at some point in the not too distant future so I was told.
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Re: wix oil filters made in mexico
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11/15/19 11:41 PM
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To be fair, a 57302 fits some weird combination of a few years of Fomoco, Jag and Land Rover engines. Not exactly a top seller. Might not even be made by Wix.
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