Signify Moves Kansas Production Overseas
Edited and reprinted with permission from Rocking M Media, KSAL.com and author Todd Pittenger.
SALINA, KS – Signify, formerly known as Philips Lighting, is planning to close its light bulb manufacturing facility in Salina, Kansas. But the jobs won’t be lost. Great Plains Manufacturing is buying the facility and will expand into it.
Signify said in response to a declining demand for conventional lighting, they will leverage economies of scale and improve efficiencies by relocating the production of its conventional lighting products from the Salina facility to its facilities in Poland and India.
Salina Mayor, Mike Hoppock, said he had “mixed-emotions” due to Thursday morning’s announcement. However, he is thrilled that Great Plains and Kubota were able to step up.
The decision has not been taken lightly but is necessary with the ongoing transformation in the lighting industry. Signify will support its affected employees through the transition, and provide resources and training to assist them through this difficult period and set them up for future success.
The company will gradually transition production and plan to cease operations at the Salina facility in the second quarter of 2021.
The sale is expected to close on July 31, 2021.
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