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To: Dealer who wrote (5176)	10/3/2000 9:34:42 AM
From: Dealer	Respond to of 65232

CSCO--Cisco opens new plant By Margaret Kane ZDII Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) will hire 2,500 people over the next 3 to 5 years and spend over a $100 million on new capital and interior improvements, the company said today at the opening of a new optical plant in New Hampshire. The new 674,000 square foot manufacturing facility, opened Tuesday in Salem, will be used for testing, assembly, and distribution of Cisco products globally. Latest News on CSCO Cisco opens new plant... Cisco unveils optical plant, says backlog growing... Cisco Systems, Inc. Unveils Optical Manufacturing Strategy and Announces Grand Opening of Its New En... The company also said today that it was working on production of a "portable photonics manufacturing process" to help Cisco's partners quickly adopt optical manufacturing processes and produce optical systems based on Cisco's requirements. That's part of a new manufacturing strategy for optical networking products. Cisco hopes to be able to outsource that business as successfully as it has some of its router and switch products. Carl Redfield, head of manufacturing for Cisco, said that Cisco's backlog as of last Monday had quadrupled to $3.83 billion from a year-ago figure of $922 million. The growth was due mainly to demand, not components shortages, he said. The growth in next-generation optical systems due to the expansion of the Internet is one factor behind that, Cisco said. The New Hampshire facility will be the hub for production of those systems. Reuters contributed to this story.

To: Dealer who wrote (5176)	10/3/2000 9:36:13 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

October 3, 2000 9:05am Cisco opens new plant By Margaret Kane ZDII Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) will hire 2,500 people over the next 3 to 5 years and spend over a $100 million on new capital and interior improvements, the company said today at the opening of a new optical plant in New Hampshire. The new 674,000 square foot manufacturing facility, opened Tuesday in Salem, will be used for testing, assembly, and distribution of Cisco products globally. The company also said today that it was working on production of a "portable photonics manufacturing process" to help Cisco's partners quickly adopt optical manufacturing processes and produce optical systems based on Cisco's requirements. That's part of a new manufacturing strategy for optical networking products. Cisco hopes to be able to outsource that business as successfully as it has some of its router and switch products. Carl Redfield, head of manufacturing for Cisco, said that Cisco's backlog as of last Monday had quadrupled to $3.83 billion from a year-ago figure of $922 million. The growth was due mainly to demand, not components shortages, he said. The growth in next-generation optical systems due to the expansion of the Internet is one factor behind that, Cisco said. The New Hampshire facility will be the hub for production of those system