New Nashville-Based Assembly Facility Will Enable Gateway to Increase Its
Responsiveness to Its Configure-to-Order Customers
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gateway, Inc., the
nation's third largest PC maker and fastest growing PC company in the U.S.,
according to IDC, today announced the opening of its configure-to-order
assembly facility in Nashville, Tenn. Together with its new Best Practices
Tech Support Center in North Sioux City, S.D., which opened last month,
Gateway is expanding its U.S.-based operations to improve overall customer
satisfaction.
The dedicated assembly plant will improve the sales and delivery
experience for its Professional and Direct customers. The company's new
line-up of configure-to-order servers, also announced today, will be
assembled in Nashville. Gateway also plans to build configure-to-order
desktops and notebooks as well as provide custom integration and software
imaging services at this facility.
"The opening of the Gateway Configuration Center is a milestone in our
mission to grow our Professional and Consumer Direct business by best
fulfilling our customer's needs for exceptional product quality and
delivery," said Bruce Riggs, Gateway's senior vice president -- operations
and customer care. "Coupled with the certainty that all tech support calls
are answered in North America, this facility will help us best service
existing customers and attract new ones."
First-year employment in the new configuration center is expected to
grow to more than 300 people with an annual payroll of about $8 million.
"I'm proud of our state's growing reputation as a center for diverse
and innovative businesses and extremely pleased to welcome Gateway's
Configuration Center facility to Tennessee," said Gov. Phil Bredesen. "I am
committed to continuing to attract forward-thinking organizations that
create higher-skilled jobs with better pay for Tennessee workers. The
addition of this facility by a respected and successful company like
Gateway is another important step towards that goal."
In addition to the state of Tennessee, the Tennessee Valley Authority
and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce were key partners in attracting
this important project.
Interested Applicants
Gateway is recruiting for the Nashville, Tenn. facility in conjunction
with the State of Tennessee's recruiting and staff development
organizations. Qualified candidates in the areas of manufacturing;
production planning, scheduling and procurement; production process
engineering and staff development can obtain more information by visiting:
http://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/mainfindajob.html.
About Gateway
Since its founding in 1985, Irvine, Calif.-based Gateway (NYSE: GTW)
has been a technology pioneer, offering award-winning PCs and related
products to consumers, businesses, government agencies and schools. Gateway
is the third largest PC company in the U.S. and among the top ten
worldwide. The company's value-based eMachines brand is sold exclusively by
leading retailers worldwide, while the premium Gateway line is available at
major retailers, over the web and phone, and through its direct and
indirect sales force. See http://www.gateway.com for more information.
Special note
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not
materialize or prove incorrect, could cause Gateway's results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are
statements that could be forward-looking statements, including any
projections or preliminary estimates of earnings, revenues, or other
financial items; any statements of plans, strategies and objectives of
management for future operations; the extent of seasonal changes in demand;
any statements regarding proposed new products, services or developments;
any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance;
statements of belief and any statement of assumptions underlying any of the
foregoing. The risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of these
statements include, among others, risks related to shifting our
distribution model to third-party retail; competitive factors and pricing
pressures, including the impact of aggressive pricing cuts by larger
competitors; general conditions in the personal computing industry,
including changes in overall demand and average selling prices, shifts from
desktops to mobile computing products and information appliances and the
impact of new microprocessors and operating software; the ability to
simplify the company's business, change its distribution model and
restructure its operations and cost structure; component supply shortages;
short product cycles; the ability to access new technology; infrastructure
requirements; risks of international business; foreign currency
fluctuations; risks relating to new or acquired businesses, joint ventures
and strategic alliances; risks related to financing customer orders;
changes in accounting rules; the impact of litigation and government
regulation generally; inventory risks due to shifts in market demand; the
impact of employee reductions and management changes and additions; and
general economic conditions, and other risks described from time to time in
Gateway's Securities and Exchange Commission periodic reports and filings.
Gateway assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to
reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on
which they were made.
SOURCE Gateway, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd/mainfindajob.html
http://www.gateway.com
CONTACT:
Media, Erin Davern of Gateway, Inc.,
+1-949-471-7785, erin.davern@gateway.com; or Dawn Rutledge Jones,
+1-615-532-1910, dawn.rutledgejones@state.tn.us, for Gateway,
Inc.; or Investors, Marlys Johnson of Gateway, Inc.,
+1-605-232-2709, marlys.johnson@gateway.com
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