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Article: Lego continuing cutbacks, outsourcing to Flextronics.(NPE2006)
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- Plastics News
- Article date:
- June 21, 2006
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Byline: Richard Higgs
Hard-pressed toy maker Lego A/S plans to outsource "the greater part'' of its remaining production in Europe and the United States to Flextronics International Ltd. during the next three years.
The decision by Billund, Denmark-based Lego, producer of the world-famous colorful plastic building bricks, means its U.S. plant in Enfield, Conn., will close early next year, with a loss of as many as 300 jobs. Manufacturing will switch to a Flextronics facility in Mexico, Lego announced June 20.
In Denmark, Lego will cut as many as 900 of 1,200 jobs at its headquarters plant in Billund by 2010 as the labor-intensive production of ...