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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ROY, Utah, June 13, 2001
- Iomega Corporation (NYSE:
IOM), a global leader in data management solutions,
today announced that it is consolidating manufacturing
operations for its products at the Company's Penang,
Malaysia, manufacturing facility.
Iomega also announced that effective
immediately, its Roy, Utah, manufacturing facility will
shift from prototyping and low-volume production of
Iomega drives and removable disks to prototyping and
engineering support. As a result of this shift, the
Company announced a workforce reduction of approximately
110 workers at the Roy manufacturing facility.
"Our goal in this challenging
economic atmosphere is to consolidate our manufacturing
capability to improve efficiency and lower costs,"
said John Conely, senior vice president operations,
Iomega Corporation. "While we recognize the impact
on our employees, this move better positions our company
for future operations."
Since 1997, the Penang manufacturing
facility, which is owned by Iomega, has functioned as
Iomega's principal manufacturing center.
About Iomega
Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM) manufactures and markets
the award-winning Zip®, Jaz®, PocketZipTM and
PeerlessTM drives and disks, the HipZipTM digital audio
player, the FotoShowTM digital image center, LifeWorksTM
software, and Iomega QuikSyncTM software; Iomega also
markets Iomega CD-RW drives, CompactFlashTM and SmartMediaTM
memory cards, DataSafeTM network attached storage (NAS)
servers and the Iomega MicrodriveTM miniature hard drive.
Iomega's products help people to save, share, manage
and create important information such as Internet downloads,
audio files, personal photographs, spreadsheets, and
slides, while protecting that content from viruses and
hackers. Used in homes, businesses, government and educational
facilities and by creative professionals everywhere,
Iomega storage solutions are the enabling technologies
preferred by millions. The Company can be reached at
1-888-4-IOMEGA (888-446-6342), or on the Web at http://www.iomega.com.
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Copyright© 2001 Iomega
Corporation. All rights reserved. Iomega, Zip, Jaz,
PocketZip, Peerless, HipZip, FotoShow, Predator, QuikSync,
DataSafe and LifeWorks are either registered trademarks
or trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries. Microdrive is a trademark of
IBM Corporation and is used with permission. Certain
other product names, brand names and company names may
be trademarks or designations of their respective owners.
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