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[ST] Fire info from TOA
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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