Model Railroading > Bowser Also Affected by Factory Closure

Folks,

 Got this in the email box today. I posted this here as the other thread has drifted off to a completely different subject:

"Bowser has been informed that our supplier has closed the factory. We are working to find other suppliers but it is a long process.
All delivery dates are TBA. Any new information will be posted on our web site <www.bowser-trains.com>.
Thank you for all the support of our products."

best regards,
Mark G.

 

There are others.  I am told that the company closing is called AFFA and they have done *or* currently do work for Atlas and Bowser as has already been mentioned.  Others are Exactrail, Tangent, Intermountain, Fox Valley and Trainworx.  No word on which European or other companies.

From my standpoint, this must be the company that delivered all of their locos in those nice cradles where the loco is screwed in via the bottom of the fuel tank and then had a clear front and back followed by the clear sleeve.  I thought it was a good design.

Rick



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 07/30/18 10:19 by rschonfelder.

Gosh, with all those importers using them its a wonder they shut down.

Apparently the closure is not due to lack of business...
Very informative posting by Jason/RapidoTrains in the earlier Factory Closure thread...
 

Sad situation for the companies affected by this. I was speaking with customer service/tech support at one company and they apparently are laying off employees.

I hope everyone gets their casting dies and printing artwork back from behind closed doors.

AFFA was the name of the company. The owner has serious health problems, and no path of succession. His kids did want to run the plant
 

Greydog30 Wrote:
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> AFFA was the name of the company. The owner has
> serious health problems, and no path of
> succession. His kids did ***NOT*** want to run the plant
>