The end was coming and that's why Dicon was sold. Check out the products being introduced into the USA by Taikone. Look at the variety and noticeable improvements in quality: http://taikone.com/e_news.asp "We have built a great team together to market our products in Asia and with the help of our partners in Europe and in the United States we’re expecting to launch some products into the US in the middle of this year."