Rapala- Finnish, Estonian or Irish?????

[ffejsmada]

We all know that Rapalas are from Finland.
I bought a new rapala lure yesterday and on the box it states "original finnish minnow".
This is where it gets odd.

The box is printed in Finland.
On the barcode sticker it says assembled in Estonia.
On the lure itself is stamped......Rapala Ireland.

So it looks like this particular model is designed in Finland, assembled in Estonia, and painted-finished in Ireland???????

Talk about outsourcing!

Cheers Jeff.

[Derek Bullock]

Fropm the Rapala Website.

Rapala Fast Facts

• Sold in over 140 countries around the world
• 26 Rapala VMC distribution companies
• Factories in Finland, France, Ireland, Estonia, and China
• World's leading brand of fishing lures
• Manufacture approx. 20 million lures a year
• Rapala is the only brand to cover multiple fishing tackle categories (lures, rods, reels, knives, tools, etc..)
• More world record fish caught on Rapala Lures (242 all-time records) 14 new records in 2004
• Rapala is the only company in the world to mass produce fishing lures made of wood (balsa)
• Each Rapala lure with a swimming lip is individually hand-tuned and tank-tested for perfect swimming action
• Each Rapala lure features up to 12 coats of durable paint and epoxy
• 1936 Lauri Rapala makes his first lure out of cork
• 1959 Normark is established and starts distributing Rapala lures in the US
• 1962 Major breakthrough in US when LIFE magazine publishes an article on Rapala
• 1998 Normark goes public

[Greg P]

You would think they would be cheaper to buy in Finland/EU but they are not

[VoodooChile78]

Many great things come from Finland...Rapala, Nils-master, Nokia and of course...my wife! he he

[pommy]

Half of me also!

Half English, half Finnish and now 100% Aussie (or so the passport says)!

Regards, Rob.

[Little grey men]

Doesn't matter where they come from....as long as they end up in my greedy little mits. Love em

[VoodooChile78]

How do the x-raps go??