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While Lenovo recently opened a factory in Mexico, their planned facility in Poland has gotten the axe. Apparently there were some problems in beginning construction, but the $20 million investment and slowing global economy surely played a large role. While the Poland plant could have supplied some regions of interest like Russia and Turkey, the bulk of its production would likely have been applied towards the “boring” mature markets in western Europe, which are far less interesting than emerging markets.
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interesting..
ibm once made thinkpads in mexico..
and the quality was excellent..
this polish plant cancellation sounds like there is more to it than anyone is saying..
as far as the recession goes while it is prudent to watch investment in new facilities at this time, if things ARE turning around (and the smart money seems to be betting on it), its not smart to scrap building new capacity..
if it was needed then it will be needed a year or two in the future..
i wonder what the lead time is from the decision to proceed to when the first product rolls of the line..?
[...] April, Lenovo canceled a facility planned to open in Poland after opening a similar plant a month earlier in Mexico. Emerging markets have been a top priority [...]