Sep 1, 2003 12:00 PM, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

Mackie Designs announced that the company will begin to outsource the assembly of a number of high-volume products currently produced in its Woodinville, Wash., headquarters. As a result, 200 employees were laid off.

“It is important to understand that cessation of Woodinville manufacturing is the next phase in a very important and deliberate transition, and not a scaling of workforce to revenue, as industry rumors may suggest,” Jamie Engen, Mackie president/CEO wrote on the company's Website, www.mackie.com.

Engen also wrote that Mackie will introduce a range of new products. Engineering, product development, industrial design and marketing teams, as well as sales, sales administration, support and service teams will remain in Woodinville.

In other Mackie news, the company and Emagic will merge their audio control surface technologies: Future Mackie-engineered control surfaces will include Emagic's Logic Control and Mackie Control, as well as Mackie's HUI protocol. The two companies have released an upgrade that allows Mackie Control and Logic Control users to take advantage of the combined functionality.

Send Your “Current” News to Sarah Benzuly at sbenzuly@primediabusiness.com.

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