Midlothian, VA – (January 6, 2004) Lumberg, Inc. announced today that it is in the construction phase of doubling its manufacturing capacity at its corporate headquarters and production facility in Midlothian, VA. The announcement was made today by Manufacturing Manager, Mike Lueders and President, Lawson Rankin that due to tremendous sales growth; Lumberg, Inc. is expanding its operations. According to Rankin, the expansion of the production facility was necessitated due to rising sales trends.
The announcement comes on the eve of Lumberg’s 20th anniversary of operating in the United States. He stated, “This is going to be a record year for Lumberg with sales exceeding our best year since the company was founded in the U.S. in 1985.” The growth mirrors the growth of the parent company, Lumberg Holding, GmbH & Co.
KG in Schalksmuehle, Germany. Marketing Communications Department Manager, Chris Long added, “There are a lot of reasons that explain the strong growth. Lumberg has been forging and cultivating new relationships that have fueled some of the growth. In addition, we have established new sales and distribution channels in Mexico for our Automation Components Division and this followed closely on the heels of us establishing a personnel base in Mexico for our Electronic Products Division”.Founded in 1933, Lumberg is an ISO 9000 recognized global leader in connectors, interconnect systems, and application tooling, serving the needs of customers in Industrial Automation and Electronics markets worldwide.
Lumberg's reputation is built on a strong commitment to quality and innovation. With over 2,500 employees and operations in all major regions of the world, Lumberg is committed to providing connectivity solutions with innovative, high quality products and application expertise.Bernie Baruffalo, Lumberg, Inc. Senior Engineer and Manager of the company’s Engineering Department had another perspective to explain the growth trend saying, “Providing unique customer solutions is a key ingredient to our success. Year to date, we have custom-manufactured many new products for our customers that are not part of our stock inventory.
We have always been proud of our flexibility and capability to produce new products for our customers’ unique application needs.” Mr. Long added that in addition to the planned customized products, the company continues to expand its standard product offerings, with plans to release ten new product groups focused on the Automotive and Food and Beverage industries in the upcoming year.To meet the growing business demand, the company has added personnel in production, sales and customer service at the Midlothian facility, while plans to add to the engineering staff are moving forward.
They are also in the process of adding field personnel in sales and management in both the U.S. and Mexico. Mr.
Rankin summed up the news by stating, “Lumberg, Inc. is positioned very well in the market right now with the resources and offerings we can provide along with our parent company in Germany.”Visit their website at www.lumbergusa.com .
