Quote Originally Posted by JohnM View Post
He does have a point. Anyone with enough training and the tools can install those things.

If we however can build a better crane enough to make Tadano sit up and take notice then we're talking.
Well these things are stages, we have to give our industries time to develop and that means technical collaborations and joint ventures are some of the easiest ways to jumpstart things. I mean why reinvent anything else when you can buy it now?

Innovation will happen. If you look at Centro its roots are from MD Juan, they made body kits for WW2 jeeps. They still do actually.

Almazora is primarily a coach builder.

But we're nitpicking on industries here to appease sensibilities. We need to look into competitive areas and see why growth and opportunities abound there well enough for people to invest in it.

Clearly the auto industry is too small to set up on a scale that will make sense in serving markets in SEAsia the way Thailand does. For one we're detached from Indo China.

But we need to look at things fairly with due consideration to the merits of each industry relative to what it does.

More often than not it isn't a vote for or against the Filipino public why industries crop up and recede as it does with the global market.