It was pitiful what they wasted. This was/is a very successful international company so I guess it was cheaper than trying to keep track of every part and piece at each plant. These pumps are used for many of their processes world wide. When they closed down the plant I worked at they filled a warehouse or two with parts and pieces and tooling and machinery. Some was shipped to the new plants they where building to replace ours. They had a pallet with probably 9 Kurt milling vices in good to like new condition sitting on it. They where bigger than I would prefer (at least 6" and especially since I don't even own a mill) but I tried and tried to buy one. They ended up selling them along with everything left in the warehouse to a scrap dealer.