Thank you all for your valued advice, In this instance I am the buyer but I have also been mulling over the viability of having some stuff made up over there due to the lower manufacturing costs. The design theft issue is the main thing holding me back on that front though. All your points have been taken on board, if it goes ahead I will let you all know how I went and any extra items I learnt along the way. Once again, thanks for all your advice. I'm off to do some floor tiling this weekend.......it actually clears the head quite nicely :-) Have a great weekend everyone, Jonathan -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads