Operations Resume in Plexus' Oradea, Romania Facility Subsequent to a Fire Last Week
Plexus Corp. (Nasdaq:PLXS), announced today that it has resumed operations in Oradea, Romania following a fire that occurred last week (as previously announced). The fire was isolated to the administrative offices in one of the two buildings that Plexus leased approximately 18 months ago as the first phase of its lower cost European manufacturing strategy. The fire occurred at a time when the building was unoccupied; therefore, no injuries or fatalities resulted from this incident. While a final determination is still pending, the source of the fire appears consistent with an electrical failure.
Mike Buseman, Sr. Vice President, Global Manufacturing Operations, commented, "Given our growth plans in this geographically important region, we were fortunate that the fire was limited to non-production areas and we were able to relocate our administrative staff to our second building (adjacent to the fire damaged building) allowing us to continue operations seamlessly. During this short operations outage, we did not miss any customer shipments or experience any interruptions in our supply chain. Our team did an outstanding job at managing this incident and resuming operations quickly with minimal or no impact to our customers."
About Plexus Corp. -- The Product Realization Company
Plexus (www.plexus.com) is an award-winning participant in the Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry, providing product design, supply chain and materials management, manufacturing, test, fulfillment and aftermarket solutions to branded product companies in the Wireline/Networking, Wireless Infrastructure, Medical, Industrial/Commercial and Defense/Security/Aerospace market sectors.
The Company's unique Focused Factory manufacturing model and global supply chain solutions are strategically enhanced by value-added product design and engineering services. Plexus specializes in mid- to low-volume, higher-mix customer programs that require flexibility, scalability, technology and quality.
Plexus provides award-winning customer service to more than 100 branded product companies in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
CONTACT:
Plexus Corp.
United States:
Kristine Rhode,
Corporate Communications Specialist
920-720-6749
kristine.rhode@plexus.com
Europe:
Willie MacKinnon,
Sr. Director of Operations,
European Region
+44 1573 227 054
willie.mackinnon@plexus.com
