Lenovo Launches First U.S. PC Manufacturing Line in North Carolina

From DailyTech: Lenovo officially opened its first U.S. PC production line in its North Carolina facility yesterday, which will be responsible for producing some of Lenovo's Think products.

The facility is 240,000 square feet and located in Whitsett, which is a North Carolina town about 10 miles east of Greensboro.

The Whitsett facility has served as a logistics center, national returns center and customer solutions center. But now, Lenovo has added a U.S. computer manufacturing line to the factory.

“Lenovo has achieved record growth and market share in the U.S. PC market, and the Whitsett manufacturing facility will enable us to further expand our presence here,” said Yuanqing Yang, chairman and CEO of Lenovo. “The facility is a demonstration of our commitment to and confidence in the North American market, and we see tremendous opportunities for the continued growth and development of our manufacturing footprint here in the United States.”

The U.S. computer manufacturing line started operations in January of this year. It will produce many Think products, such as the ThinkCentre M92p Tiny desktop, ThinkPad Helix convertible ultrabook, ThinkPad Tablet 2, etc.

The new line will add 115 manufacturing jobs in North Carolina and increase state output by more than $1 billion.

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