Molex opens $110m plant in Poland
Molex has built a new medical device campus in Poland in a $110m project that adds high power busbar and battery interconnect for its electrification business.
The new Molex facility Katowice, Poland, has an initial 23,000 square-meter manufacturing space for advanced medical devices for Phillips-Medisize as well as electric vehicle and electrification interconnect for Molex customers.
The site will have advanced medical device assembly, packaging and injection molding and also manufacture interconnect battery solutions for electric vehicles and high-power busbar solutions for Molex’s electrification business.
The company has plans for a further 85,000 square meters at the facility, adding to existing sites in Rokitki and Sulęcin.
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“The Katowice campus will expand our European footprint, providing our diagnostic and medtech customers with new capabilities and the expert support they need to bring innovative new products to market,” said Paul Chaffin, Phillips-Medisize SVP and president of Molex Medical and Pharma Solutions.
Katowice complements Phillips-Medisize’s existing operations at six European manufacturing sites in Donegal and Sligo, Ireland; Struer, Denmark; Trhove Sviny, Czech Republic; and two locations in Kontiolahti, Finland.
The large pool of skilled manufacturing and engineering resources in the Katowice area was a major factor influencing Molex’s selection of the site location. At planned capacity, the first facilities within the campus will employ approximately 350 employees, including highly skilled production operators, design engineers and quality specialists.
The campus will be the first site for both Molex and Phillips-Medisize to hold the environmental LEED Gold certification. ISO 13485 certification is pending construction completion, with additional certifications and registrations to follow/
As Molex is part of Koch Industries, the Katowice campus will further increase the group’s presence in Poland. Other Koch companies which have production facilities and service centers in Poland are Guardian Glass, SRG Global, Infor and Koch Business Solutions, which collectively employ nearly 2,400 people.
www.phillipsmedisize.com; www.molex.com.
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