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Friday, September 5, 2008
WSJ: Dell plans to sell factories
Dell Inc.’s computer factories around the world might be for sale. The Wall Street Journal reported the story in its Friday edition.
The company operates factories in Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Florida, Ireland, India, China, Brazil, Malaysia and Poland. According to an unnamed source in the Journal’s article, the computer maker expects to sell most or all of the factories in the next 18 months. Other factories would close, the newspaper reported.
The proposed sales would be a new direction for Dell, which makes its own products. According to the Journal’s article, other large contract manufacturers likely would make the computers and sell them to Dell.
A Dell spokesman referred to inquiries to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that said Dell is “continuing to expand our use of original design manufacturing partnerships and manufacturing outsourcing relationships.”
Dell reported a disappointing quarter last week. The company’s profit plunged 17 percent, and the stock tumbled 18 percent.
