[Rich]

"We loose stampings to China because our customers are buying a complete stamping from China including freight to the U.S. cheaper then we can even by the raw material here in the states to make the part. Not sure how they are doing this, sometimes their goverment subsidize the companies to get them the buisness and get their country rolling as well as helping pay for the utilities used ect.. ect..."

This could also be a case of your customer subsidizing the Chinese companies/government in order to get their foot in the door. You'd be surprised how much inferior product a company is willing to put up with in order to open up a new market, and in the future, China will be the BIGGEST new market ever.