They do nothing else. Using their ability to make rapid, inexpensive prototypes, Plexus employees can move an idea to the marketplace in record times. A Plexus team engineered the entire device, from the computer controls to the exterior shell and had it rolling off the production line in 18 months. Some of our customers are from the East and West coasts, and they are surprised to find an engineering powerhouse in Neenah, Wisconsin, working with complex, high-technology products. Plexus is rapidly expanding its reach around the world.
Plexus is in Mexico, Scotland, England and Israel and is planning a business assault on East Asia.
Seven companies have been purchased in 18 months, and there are now close to 500 engineers on the payroll, which still isn't enough. It's very fast paced. From time to time, I wonder if the wheels are going to come off. They plan to grow the company by another 50 percent to 60 percent this year. Looking back, Strandwitz knows good fortune was smiling on him in the late 1970s when the idea for Plexus was forming.