Dell opens manufacturing plant in North Carolina

Manufacturing News, Source : TheManufacturer.com
Published : 07 Oct 2005 17:55

More than 300 new North Carolina employees joined Dell Chairman Michael Dell, North Carolina Governor Mike Easley, and community leaders in opening Dell’s third US manufacturing site—the company's largest—in Winston-Salem, NC, this week.

The new, 750,000-square-foot plant, which reflects a Dell investment of more than $100 million, will build Dell's OptiPlex and Dimension desktop systems for customers in the eastern US.

“Dell’s growth, and the need for our new North Carolina plant, is the result of the direct way we do business and the efficiency, productivity and customer focus of our employees,” Michael Dell said. “Our manufacturing operations give us a competitive advantage and we're confident this new plant will add to that.”

The Dell plant will employ about 700 people in its first year of operation and grow to 1,500 employees within five years. Dell also recently opened new customer contact and distribution facilities in Oklahoma and Ohio, and has increased employment at its Central Texas and Middle Tennessee operations over the past year. Overall, Dell employment in the US has grown more than 20 percent since 2002. Dell Inc.’s company revenue for the last four quarters was $52.8 billion.

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