[ST] Fire info from TOA

["Bailey, Doug" <DBailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Received this from my local RAT pack.

> From: GeorgePacz@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: Mike Vaughn on the Hinckley fire
> 
> The following is a note I received this evening from Mike Vaughn (CEO of 
> Triumph NA, for those of you unfamiliar with the name) regarding the
Hinckley 
> fire.  Feel free to disseminate it (verbatim, please) to any of the other 
> Hinckley Triumph groups I don't cover:
> 
> Hi Syke,
> 
> Sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner. I was in Spain on the Speed4
intro 
> when the fire hit. I took a weeks vacation in Spain following the intro
and 
> then went on to the UK last Saturday. During this period I have not had 
> access to my email. I'm presently in London and will catch a plane back to

> the US tomorrow. Here's the skinny:
> 
> The fire was serious, but not as bad as first reported. Lost were
assembly, 
> stores (parts awaiting assy) and and to some work areas behind the assy
line. 
> There was some soot damage to the Admin/IT/Etc. area and ash throughout
the 
> paint line, but no additional fire damage.
> 
> What does this mean? For the US fortunately, not much. Inventory for
distant 
> markets, US, Aus and Japan is shipped early. We'll be short of T100s and 
> Speed4s. Will probably run out of B Americas and Bonnevilles. Everything
else 
> is in good supply. 
> 
> Parts: No impact whatso ever. The parts warehouse in the US had already 
> received their inventory for the season, in addition the parts and
accessory 
> warehouse in the UK is about 500 yards from the main manufacturing plant,
so 
> nothing was damaged.
> 
> Nobody has been laid off, there are some assy line people that currently 
> aren't reporting to work, but they're being paid and are being worked into

> various jobs...right not cleaning up. 
> 
> Everything was fully insured and there was an insurance that covers loss
of 
> income. So business will go on.
> 
> It's a tragedy and has some impact on our business, but it's not a
disaster 
> and we were shipping parts on Monday following the fire. We anticipate
being 
> back producing motorcycles by August.
> 
> Mike
> 

Doug Bailey "Hound Dawg"


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