LEGO Group takes over production from Flextronics in Hungary, Mexico

The largest toymaker in Europe, has announced that it is taking over LEGO production from contract manufacturer Flextronics in Juárez, Mexico and Nyíregyháza, Hungary.

 The LEGO Group and Flextronics have
worked together for almost three years, but during the past year “it
has become increasingly obvious to the two parties that it would be
more optimal for the LEGO Group to manage its global manufacturing
set up."
The parties jointly decided that the LEGO Group
will take over LEGO production from Juárez, Mexico and
Nyíregyháza, Hungary.
At the Nyíregyháza
facility, the LEGO Group is in talks with Flextronics to take over
the plant and people, the company said, adding it hopes to conclude
these discussions by the end of July.
The LEGO Group further has
own production sites in Billund, Denmark, and Kladno, Czech Republic,
and cooperates with other manufacturing suppliers in Poland, Hungary
and China. After the change in the production set-up the LEGO Group
will have a total of about 6,500 employees.