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Already a leading player in the European EMS market, France’s Lacroix Electronics has plans to soon join the top three in quality and service, thanks to a strategically balanced portfolio and a mix of high value and low cost production facilities. Peter Mercer reports.
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his May, Lacroix Electronics celebrated the inauguration of its expanded plant at Kwidzyn in Poland. The event was attended by employees, local authority representatives, journalists and political figures, including Janusz Lewandowski, Member of the European Commission, Jean-Marc Fenet, Head of the Economic Department 122 Industry Europe
of the French Embassy in Poland and Jerzy Kozdron, Polish Deputy Justice Minister (representing the Polish Prime Minister). Francois Beauxis, managing director of Lacroix Electronics, and Jean-Marc Tychyj, general manager of the Kwidzyn plant, explained the progress that has been made since the plant was first established in 1997
and the role it now plays in the European operations of Lacroix Electronics and in the expanding Polish economy. “Our Kwidzyn plant was originally built in partnership with one of our major customers, Philips, and has specialised in electronics manufacturing services for the industrial and automotive markets,” said Mr Beauxis. “Its out-
