From http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/asia-rides-britains-brompton-bikes-041038928.html
Butler-Adams insists the fiercely British company will not cave in to pressure to cut costs by moving production overseas, or lowering its standards. "We don't want to be like a child in a sweet shop... and then screw up the very thing that is what the business is about—which is making a bloody good bike."