BANGKOK -- Fabrinet today announced its Pinehurst campus has restarted limited production following three weeks of shutdown due to rampant flooding.

The company expects the site to ramp to full production during the next two weeks.

Production at Fabrinet's Pinehurst campus had been suspended for approximately three weeks due to flooding of the main artery and access roads to the campus. Water breached the company's other Thailand campus, known as Chokchai, Oct. 22 and the water level within the campus buildings rose to as high as five feet. Production will not recommence at Chokchai, located approximately seven miles south of Pinehurst, for the rest of the current quarter, and likely for significantly longer, the contract printed circuit board assembler said in a press release.

The company says the Chokchai campus might be permanently disabled. Over time, manufacturing will move to the Pinehurst campus, where a new building -- it's sixth at the site -- is due to come online in January.

More than 90% of Fabrinet’s sales are generated from facilities in Thailand, of which 60% are from Pinehurst and 40% from Chokchai. Pinehurst has 20,000 sq. ft. of available floor space, with an additional 30,000 sq. ft. coming online in mid January.

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