Monday, April 27, 2009

Superior Essex Announces Expansion for Fort Wayne

Chamber member Superior Essex Inc. is planning to expand its distribution operations in Fort Wayne, creating 15 jobs by 2010. The wire and cable manufacturing company is consolidating distribution centers in Louisville, Kentucky and Columbia City into the Fort Wayne operation. Superior Essex says it will continue to employ 30 full-time workers who will relocate from its Columbia City warehouse.

Essex Group Inc., the Fort Wayne based subsidiary of Superior Essex, was originally founded in 1930 in Detroit as Essex Wire. The company started as an OEM supplier of wire harnesses and battery cables to Ford Motor Company.

The company is today part of a Superior Essex network employs more than 4,400 people and owns 26 manufacturing facilities throughout North America, Europe and China.

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