Vuvuzela Popularity Good for Chinese Manufacturers
- 14 years ago
A little plastic horn called a vuvuzela (voo-voo-ZAY-luh) has become the mark of this year’s World Cup in South Africa. And this is generating major profits for the Chinese companies that manufacture them. But some people want vuvuzelas banned from the games because they are so noisy.
Football fans in South Africa—and around the world—are excited about the World Cup, and they’re expressing themselves with a noisy little plastic horn called a vuvuzela (voo-voo-ZAY-luh). And with vuvuzelas selling like crazy for about three dollars a piece, that means big business for the Chinese companies that manufacture the horns.
Business at the Ninghai Jiying plastics factory in Ningbo city is booming.
[Wu Yijun, General Manager, Ninghai Jiying]:
“We were making 10,000 vuvuzelas a day for the past few days and I estimate we will make 25,000 per day in the next few days. The demand from the Chinese market is surpassing our production capability.”
The vuvuzela is one of several traditional South African horns, and it has quickly become a new world symbol of football fever.
There have been calls for a ban on the vuvuzela from some teams and fans because of the excessive noise they produce, but it seems unlikely such a ban will happen. FIFA has said that it does not support any ban on the vuvuzela.
Football fans in South Africa—and around the world—are excited about the World Cup, and they’re expressing themselves with a noisy little plastic horn called a vuvuzela (voo-voo-ZAY-luh). And with vuvuzelas selling like crazy for about three dollars a piece, that means big business for the Chinese companies that manufacture the horns.
Business at the Ninghai Jiying plastics factory in Ningbo city is booming.
[Wu Yijun, General Manager, Ninghai Jiying]:
“We were making 10,000 vuvuzelas a day for the past few days and I estimate we will make 25,000 per day in the next few days. The demand from the Chinese market is surpassing our production capability.”
The vuvuzela is one of several traditional South African horns, and it has quickly become a new world symbol of football fever.
There have been calls for a ban on the vuvuzela from some teams and fans because of the excessive noise they produce, but it seems unlikely such a ban will happen. FIFA has said that it does not support any ban on the vuvuzela.