LAIRD TECHNOLOGIES TO OPEN MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN REYNOSA, MEXICO
Move Expands Operations, Reaches Customers Throughout the Americas
St. Louis, MO. USA — (March 21, 2006) — Laird Technologies, a leading designer and manufacturer of electromagnetic shielding (EMI), thermal management and wireless antenna solutions, announced today it will open a manufacturing facility in Reynosa, Mexico to enable enhanced support for customers in Mexico and Central and South America. The state-of-the-art, 39,000-square-foot multi-purpose facility will open in spring 2006.
The Reynosa facility initially will support all aspects of handset antenna manufacturing and later will maintain the manufacture, conversion and distribution of EMI shielding and thermal products to supply the Mexican market.
“This facility in Reynosa will allow us to provide more localized customer service to all of our customers in the area as well as in Mexico and Central and South America,” said Martin Rapp, CEO of Laird Technologies. “This effort highlights what we are doing all around the world — building a supply network that delivers the fastest and most regional assistance possible.”
Headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., Laird Technologies has operations in the Czech Republic, China, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. This global coverage teamed with full-line product capabilities, rapid response times and an ability to provide complete engineering and design solutions leaves Laird Technologies uniquely placed to serve its customers.