Kenwood buys Zetron!

Post by **wavetar** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:13 pm

Well, as the title says, Kenwood has purchased Zetron. That's quite the combination & it could spell trouble for Motorola.

I received the news in a Kenwood dealer bulletin, but there's also various articles about it on the web now:

http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersN ... 9820070404

Todd

nmfire10 · Post by **nmfire10** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:36 pm

Kick ass!

440roadrunner · Post by **440roadrunner** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:04 pm

trouble for Motorola? No, they're stupid enough to generate their own trouble.

What I think is, this is trouble for Zetron. They "made" some damn fine products. It's too bad that some bigshot like Kenwood--or anybody else, has to come in and screw things up.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:44 pm

It's another way that Asia is taking our jobs and money.

I wonder how long it will take for Kennywood to transfer production to asia so we can import it.

-Josh

Jonathan KC8RYW · Post by **Jonathan KC8RYW** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:44 pm

Josh wrote:It's another way that Asia is taking our jobs and money.

I wonder how long it will take for Kennywood to transfer production to asia so we can import it.

-Josh

Silly isolationist.

nmfire10 · Post by **nmfire10** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:21 am

Well, I hope it remains here and remains a quality product. Both Kenwood and Zetron make great stuff so hopefully this will make it even better.

RKG · Post by **RKG** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:51 pm

This makes me nervous. I've installed a lot of Zetron products, and besides making a very solid product, Zetron is a very responsive company to deal with. I have folks there who answer their own phones and will answer a question or .pdf me a document on the spot. Responsiveness is one of the early victims of being gobbled up by a larger, more impersonal enterprise.

nmfire10 · Post by **nmfire10** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:10 pm

Kenwood has always been responsive like that as well. I hope it stays that way or gets even better.

EPC_1111 · Post by **EPC_1111** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:39 pm

I have to agree with NMfire, Kenwood is a great company from my experience and from what I have heard. The only problem I have experienced with a kenwood product is with an old 280 that is having some firmware issues. I think they will be able to offer a good complete communications system for municipalities, in the style mother m has in the past.