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- Digital Equipment Corporation
- Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
- Editorial contact:
-
- Nikki Richardson
- (508) 493-6369
-
-
- DIGITAL ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO SELL
- WESTFIELD METAL ENCLOSURE MANUFACTURING UNIT
-
-
- MAYNARD, Mass. -- January 26, 1993 -- Digital Equipment Corporation
- announced today that it intends to offer its Metal Enclosure
- Manufacturing Unit located in Westfield, Massachusetts for sale.
- The corporation intends to sell the operating unit as an intact
- business. The business currently manufactures and supplies a large
- portion of Digital's metal enclosure requirements.
-
- Located on approximately 200 acres of land, the 535,000 square-
- foot facility was opened in 1970 to supply Digital with an internal
- source for metal enclosures. It currently employs approximately 445
- people.
-
- "Our manufacturing strategy centers around investing in areas
- that support our core competencies and divesting ourselves of areas
- that do not differentiate us," said Edward B. McDonough, Digital's
- vice president of Manufacturing and Logistics. "While we are very
- proud of the contribution that the Metal Enclosures Manufacturing
- Unit has made to our product offerings, it does not represent a core
- competency for Digital under the current strategy. It is our
- intention to sell the unit to an entity for whom metals
- manufacturing is the primary business. In this way, Westfield can
- continue to be an important part of Digital's supply chain."
-
- Digital is currently entertaining inquiries concerning the sale
- of the Westfield Metal Enclosures Manufacturing Unit. Inquiries may
- be directed to Judy Maudlin; Plant Manager; Digital Equipment
- Corporation; 1111 Southhampton Road; Westfield, Massachusetts 01085;
- (413) 572-2422.
-
- Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard,
- Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked
- computer systems, software and services. Digital pioneered and
- leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor
- computing. Digital and its business partners deliver the power to
- use the best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center -
- in open information environments.
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- CORP/93/985
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