ISOLA Group completes European restructuring plan
ISOLA Group completes European restructuring plan
Keywords: Relocation, Electronics industry
The moves included the relocation of full-scale production from the UK to its German and Italian operations. The Cumbernauld UK operation will maintain partial production capabilities to support quick turns and special products. The restructuring provides Isola with two world-class facilities on the continent,and a very flexible service centre strategically located in the UK.
“We are now positioned to fully leverage our production capacity in Germany and Italy, which will enhance Isola's competitive position”, said Raymond Sharpe, President and CEO. “This capacity utilisation when coupled with the UK service centre will allow for greater flexibility to support our customer base.”
As a result of the restructuring, the company also relocated a sizeable portion of the basic research and development centre to Chandler, Arizona. To insure timely response to customer requirements and technical issues a new customer service facility has been built in Düren. Tarun Amla,vice-president and CTO, stated, “we have centralised basic research in the US while at the same time building an organisation in Europe to support regional needs. We have retained development people in Germany and support them with dedicated OEM Market Development personnel”. Commenting on marketing,Sharpe added, “we feel this combination of resources will allow our product development to be more customer focused and market driven”.
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