They are made in thailand.
I've been to the factory.
And have confirmed this with the makers there...the boxes are then sent to DE and then repackaged to be sent off to the buyer with the little quibble "All the best from Germany"
I've had the Carbon Fibre, Macassar Ebony, Burlwood and a host of others in my possession.
All beautiful, handmade THAI crafstmanship. Not German.
Not trying to hijack here, but wanted to state that as fact.
Anyone remember the OP logo'd Carbon Fiber boxes that Rainer had made up? All the old school panny collectors like Hammer have them...yep, made in Thailand. But he had to stop as OP got wind of it and was just a tad pissed that someone was profitting from their copyrighted logo.