Phoenix Contact to Expand PA Facility
Published: 30 June 2006
by Staff
The company is building a new 45,000 sq. ft. distribution center and expanding its manufacturing facility from 28,000 to 90,000 sq. ft.
The distribution center is slated for completion in 2007, and the manufacturing expansion is expected to be finished by 2008.
“It was an ambitious and visionary decision of my brother Gerd Eisert, the architect of the Phoenix Contact business activities abroad, to enter the North American continent 25 years ago,” said CEO Klaus Eisert. “He was convinced that this highly developed nation would be a future market for Phoenix Contact. At that time, we were competing with a small range of European DIN-rail terminal blocks on the one hand and PCB terminal blocks on the other hand. This turned out to be a success story!
“The market chances with the product range completed by surge voltage protection, Interface modules and automation technology have not changed today. We will do our utmost to provide for more marketability and thus for more customer satisfaction.”
Over 120 employees have been hired during the past year and a half, and the company plans to add 250 more by 2010.
Last year the company became a Trans-National Corporation, and the Middletown site, along with headquarters in Germany and China, became one of three Regional Business Units (RBUs). The Americas RBU is responsible for R&D and engineering of new products for all of the Americas subsidiaries.
