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TTM Technologies, Inc. to Restructure Electro-Mechanical (E-MS) Business Unit
April 29, 2020 | Business WireEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
TTM Technologies, Inc. (“TTM”) today announced the restructuring of its Electro-Mechanical (“E-MS”) Business Unit. The E-MS Business Unit consists of three Chinese manufacturing facilities with two being in Shanghai (SH BPA and SH E-MS) and one in Shenzhen (SZ). TTM will discontinue operations at the SH E-MS and SZ facilities while integrating the SH BPA facility into its PCB operations.
The E-MS Business Unit has been focused on commercial assembly solutions while the rest of TTM is focused on higher margin PCB’s and RF components. The SH BPA plant provides backplane assemblies for the networking/communications end market and will be retained to further strengthen TTM’s position in the 5Ginfrastructure market. The SZ facility has been focused on PCB assembly and systems integration for the automotive market, and the SH E-MS facility manufactures large enclosures and equipment systems for the networking/communications and industrial markets.
The restructuring is another step in advancing TTM’s stated strategy of increasing its focus on differentiated higher margin products that more fully leverage TTM’s early engagement capabilities and industry leading engineering based technology solutions.
“Our strategic intent to exit this business was reinforced by a confluence of recent events including an expropriation notice from a Chinese municipality, US/China trade tensions, and impact from COVID-19.” said Tom Edman, CEO of TTM. “We believe that following this restructuring, TTM will be a financially stronger company with an even greater focus on serving the needs of all stakeholders—customers, suppliers, investors and employees.”
The closure of the SZ E-MS and SH E-MS facilities will not be immediate as we have obligations to fulfill with our customers. We anticipate phasing out production over the remainder of 2020. This phased approach will enable us to help our customers manage the shift of manufacturing to other sources of supply. The manufacturing ramp down will be conducted in an orderly manner as existing backlog and potential last time buys are completed.
Financial Impact of E-MS Restructuring
For fiscal 2019, the SH E-MS and SZ facilities contributed $161.1 million in revenues. In terms of restructuring costs, the cash outlay for severance and other shutdown costs is estimated to be approximately $17 million and will be incurred over the next 12 to 15 months. TTM also expects to incur approximately $8 million related to non-cash asset impairments.
First Quarter 2020 Investor Conference Call and Webcast
As previously announced, TTM Technologies will release its first quarter 2020 financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 and will host a conference call on Wednesday, April 29nd, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time/1:30 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss its first quarter 2020 performance. At that time the company will provide more details on the E-MS restructuring.
Telephone access is available by dialing 800-309-1256 or international 720-543-0314 (ID 557290). The conference call will also be simulcast on the company’s website, www.ttm.com, and will remain accessible for one week following the live event.
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