Originally Posted by buzz111

I recently bought a Campagnolo spares kit to rebuild the wheel hubs on my Campi-equipped bike. Imagine my shock when I noticed the Parts Code label on the pretty little Campagnolo box stated "Made in China" instead of "Made in Italy"!

I did some research and learned that Campagnolo expanded manufacturing operations into Romania a while back, but this did not explain what I saw. I did some more digging and discovered that certain wheels manufactured by Fulcrum, a Campagnolo subsidiary, share identical parts with some Campagnolo wheels. The corresponding part numbers are, of course, different and brand-specific. This extends to spares kits as well - Campagnolo Code HB-RE100 is identical to Fulcrum Code RS-100.

So what to conclude from all this? Apparently, it's that Fulcrum has manufacturing operations in China, and since Campagnolo only manufactures parts in Italy (and now Romania), the parts in the Campagnolo kit are in fact Fulcrum parts re-boxed as Campagnolo parts.

It seems a bit sneaky of Campagnolo to outsource manufacturing this way. It was inevitable that the days of "Campagnolo" being synonymous with "Made in Italy" would come to an end. I just never thought I'd learn of this day from a printed white label on a tiny Campagnolo box. Such is life I suppose.