CYPRESS, CA – Christie opened a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, China for digital cinema projectors to screen 2D and 3D movies. The new facility will expand the company's production capabilities, with the Christie Solaria projectors scheduled to roll off the assembly line in July.
Production will begin with the Christie CP2220 and the Christie CP2210, with the Christie CP2230 to follow. The Shenzhen factory will initially feed the Asia Pacific market, freeing up capacity at Christie's North American plant to increase supply to the rest of the world.
"Assembly in China opens up significant new opportunities and shipping flexibility for Christie that will allow us to better serve all our customers around the world," said Ihor Stech, Christie's vice-president of operations.
"It is the ideal location because much of our raw materials come from the Asian region, so we can more efficiently convert them to final product,
Stech added.
"With the initial projectors feeding the markets in Asia, we will also save on import duties. Meanwhile, we can quickly deploy the projectors to meet demands around the world as needed."
In all, Christie has shipped and installed more than 12,000 digital cinema projectors worldwide, giving the company a 65 percent share of the global market, including installation of more than 2,000 Solaria Series 4K-ready projectors.
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