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most aluminium frames, except for really high end stuff is made in the same taiwanese factories.
Taiwan is simply the best at manufacturing aluminium frames. Quality is very uniform.
If the 'brand' has requested an extremely low cost, then quality may drop a little but I cannot imagine much for things like welds. They skimp on things like double checking the frame alignment before and after heat treating etc.. not just doing really bad welds as it would look blatantly obvious and the frame would fall apart very quickly.
If you like the leader, try find somwhere in the UK that sells them that can provdie you with a guarantee. It maybe better to get something like a DOLAN though.