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Not sure about the past QC issues, but technically, Fuji and Kestrel (and SE and Breezer) are owned by the same parent company,
Advanced Sports, Inc. This is the same company that recently purchased Oval Concepts. I read an interview with an ASI rep last fall who stated that the two brands have their own separate R&D departments. Seems legit given the current product line offerings of each.
It's easier to say "bought by Fuji" than it is to say bought by Advanced Sports, which also owns '...' and in turn is mostly owned by Ideal, a frame manufacturing company, which also builds many of BD's bikes.