lane 1 left b/c of 2 reasons. Reason 1 they could make their stuff cheaper with C300 and 2 b/c Richie wanted to keep it American. Well now he really may be screwed, he likely will either have to deal with Ebonite who already struggles to keep up with demand, or move to storm which I dont think can match his cores with their covers so he better formulate his own. Companies move around with their pouring so w/e I wouldn't worry about it with him leaving Bruns.
From what I have seen, there were some quality control issues to start but I think that was the new plant getting up and going not because it was in Mexico.