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The factories should have a unique name. So that if someone writes about a problem here in the forum, it is clear with which factory he has a problem.
Then there is the change in time. Production increases, the production chains become more labor-sharing. The production depth is decreasing, the semi-finished products are transported more frequently.
Each region has its own markets with slightly different product ranges. The markets grow when they are well supplied. More modern markets start with higher production. That is why there is often the same graphic with different intro_years.
That is the reason why regions and dates are in the name.
This a very good reason to have a unique name of every factory. I wonder why is it always intro year and region to make it unique? Both year and region are distinctive and unique.
Are they important? For some players it may be, for others it may be not important at all what region and intro year it is.
Are they so important that year and region must be in the name? The same answer.
Is there any other place to tell the player from what year and region the factory is? Yes, in the factory description, for example.
Is there any other way to communicate about which particular factory we are talking about. I think yes.
Is the description visible and accessible enough for all to find it? May be not to everyone.
And the most important: How many players have written in the forums about problems with any factory where intro year and region were important for the solution of the problem? I have not counted, but both in the German and Int'l forums these are not large numbers of more than ten posts about game bugs.
I have written it because I personally like a lot nice, variable graphics of all objects in the pakset. I also like to look for information about every factory goods (it is placed much deeper than the factory name). Even if played in German I think that I would not like to play with texts like (
Norddt.) in the name (for it is impossible to fit all the climate letters in the name).