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As far as I know the Industry Canada sticker just signifies that the device is approved to operate in Canada. It doesn't mean that any parts were actually manufactured or assembled in Canada. I seem to see these on a lot of computer parts that I purchase, specifically pc card modems. David Crombie a sometimes proud canadian thinkpad owner -----Original Message----- From: Paul Khoury <pkhoury@loop.com> To: Christian Carey <ccarey@CapAccess.org>; ThinkPad mailing list <ThinkPad@cs.utk.edu> Date: Saturday, November 08, 1997 11:47 AM Subject: Re: (TP701) Where were they made? >On Fri, 7 Nov 1997 10:08:24 -0500 (EST), Christian Carey wrote: > >>On Thursday, 6th November 1997, Paul Khoury wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 6 Nov 97 20:17:00 HST, David Ross wrote: >>> >>> > (3) Paul K. made a comment about 701 quality; my 701 was made in Canada, >>> > I thought they all were. >>> >>> After looking at IBM's PC Direct catalogs, it said the machine was >>> supposed to be manafactured in Scotland, but it said Mexico. After it >>> was EasyServed in the summer, it said "Assembled in the US of US and >>> non US parts." >> >>My 701 has been EasyServed (however it's spelled) once, and says >>"Assembled in the U.S.A. of U.S.A. and non-U.S.A. components". I didn't >>check to see what it had said before I'd sent it in. There's a >>red-on-white Industry Canada/Industrie Canada sticker on the bottom of my >>701, but I'm not sure that that signifies a majority-made-in-Canada >>product; my PCMCIA modem (TDK DF2814C) was made in Japan (or at least the >>card itself was), but its cable has an Industry Canada sticker. >> >This sticker I think usually says that the modem has been tested >to work in Canada. Maybe a Canadian resident on this list >can conform that please. > >Paul >