Hi Chaps,
Sorry I've been silent on this, but things have been so up in the air over production recently that I wanted to wait until a decision had been made.
Anyway, I can now confirm (we actually only found out yesterday) that, though the main factory is closing (which produced all the Picato brand products as well as strings for some well known names) [b]Innovation production will be continuing at a new site[/b]. There'll be a short break while all the machinery is moved but things should start to get back to normal towards the end of January. And as Dad3353 said, yes the factory has been flat out filling orders, so there should be enough sets flying around the dealers to cover the break in production.
On a personal note I must say I'm rather relieved, because the prototype set that I've spent nearly 5 years working on (now called Polychromes) is ready to go and it looked like it was going to sink without trace...
Cheers!
Daf