Red Israeli Personnas,now Made in Mexico?

[Teiste]

Gents,have a look to this:

And now to this:

Well,it seems that its a package of the world famous Red pack Personna made in Israel or RED IP.

Now,have a look to this:

Oh,It seems that now the RED IP comes in a box of 10 blades.....

and now the back of the box:

THEY'RE MADE IN MEXICO!!!!!As you can read perfectly fine in both English and Spanish:"Producto fabricado,ensamblado y empacado en Mexico".

Since when the Red Personnas are Made in Mexico???

Something weird is that you can see the American safety razor seal in the back of the ones made in Mexico,but no in the ones made in Israel.

The Mexico ones comes in a box with 10 blades,while the Israeli ones,only in a box with 5 blades.

Here more pics of the boxes,since the blades looks exactly the same:

So now the Red Israeli Personna o RED IP are the Red Mexican Personna or RED MP!!!!

 

[Blades]

Red Personna..made in USA..outsourced to Mexico..perhaps sharpened and boxes the blades
Blue/White Israeli Personna=Made and manufactured in Israel..Imported to USA

B

 

[Bathroom Recluse]

It would be interesting to know where the Asda and Tesco Personnas are made?

 

[chrisbell]

Red Personna..made in USA..outsourced to Mexico..perhaps sharpened and boxes the blades


B

I'm afraid to say the photos posted by Teiste seem to contradict that. :roll:

 

[Blades]

BullGoose shaving had it all figured out..I forget what he said though :lol:

B

 

[Paul]

It would be interesting to know where the Asda and Tesco Personnas are made?

They are both made in the Israeli plant, I suspect these are the same blades, but I don't think I've tried the Tesco ones.

 

[henkverhaar]

Actually, it does NOT say that the blades are made in Mexico, it says the blades are made by ASR. This could be in the US, or in fact even in Israel. The 'product' is made in Mexico, according to the wording on the packaging. This basically can mean anything. Just as when you have Chinese-made brush knots and Chinese-made handles, and glue sourced from Germany, if you then assemble the brush in the UK, you may still claim that the brush (the product) was 'Made in UK'...

 

[Paul]

These red's can come in bulk or in dispensers from the Israeli plant.

The Red card boxes are packed in Mexico for that market, which is why ASR in the US doesn't deal with these. They are widely available in the US as sellers have imported these from a Mexican distributor. The US company is listed as they're the parent company that owns the factory.

I.E. P&G UK were listed on all the Iridium packets but they didn't deal with these blades, they were just the official P&G contact for Africa & the Middle East.

There are currently three main types of blades coming out of the Israeli plant:

1/ Crystal / Navarro / Super + Platinum - There are a few packing styles for these but they all have the same paper wrap & blade printing.

2/ Personna Platinum Chrome / Red Personna / Red IP's - Available in card boxes as above or in plastic dispensers with a blue card & outer carton.

3/ Personna Double Edge - Sold in Asda or as Tesco / Boots double edge blades.

4/ There are also some blades available bulk for industrial/medical uses but these are normally special contract / private label & would be unmarked & come paper wrapped in plain card boxes, or unwrapped on rails.