[enuenu]

I did some research on Amplid and found they were made at The Mothership in Austria. I pulled the trigger on a Kill Switch online and when I received it saw the words "Made in Taiwan" on the board. It's a 2021/22 model. I'm in Australia.
Have Amplid abandoned The Mothership?

 

[dwdesign]

They left the Mothership in 2019-ish.

 

[enuenu]

They left the Mothership in 2019-ish.

Thanks. I'm guessing a cost cutting exercise.

 

[dwdesign]

Thanks. I'm guessing a cost cutting exercise.

Certainly part of it. Note that boards produced in Asia are not necessarily inferior in quality, and even often superior in build consistency, fit, and finish. The Mothership raised the minimum quantity for production runs and a lot of smaller brands did not want to or could not afford to order those quantities.

 

[Rip154]

Started with Burton factory, now jumped on Taiwan where Nitro makes boards, and shares some tech with Nitro?

 

[Triple8Sol]

Amplid moved production to Playmaker in Taiwan back in 2019. Nitro & Rossignol are also made there, among other brands.