Highlights
- Benchmark Electronics (NYSE: BHE) will fully close its Phoenix manufacturing plant at 3201 S. Harbour Drive by end of June 2026.
- A second WARN notice filed April 29 adds 70 job cuts, on top of 65 announced in January, for 135 total positions eliminated.
- The company cited a strategic site assessment as the driver, telling the Phoenix Business Journal the decision expands the scope of an earlier partial reduction.
- Operations wind-down is scheduled to complete by June 30, 2026.
Tempe-based Benchmark Electronics Inc. (NYSE: BHE) will fully close its Phoenix manufacturing facility and eliminate 135 jobs by the end of June, according to two WARN notices filed with Arizona's Department of Economic Security and reporting by the Phoenix Business Journal and ABC15.
The plant at 3201 S. Harbour Drive is the subject of a second workforce action this year. Benchmark filed the first WARN notice in January, covering 65 manufacturing and operations positions through the first half of 2026. On April 29, the company filed a second notice adding 70 more cuts, bringing the facility's total reduction to 135 employees.
A Benchmark spokesperson told the Phoenix Business Journal that the April filing reflects a broader decision than the January action. "Following additional evaluation, as part of our strategic site assessment process, the company has made the difficult decision to fully wind down operations for the current business at this facility by the end of June 2026, which expands the scope of impact at the site," the spokesperson said.
The company framed the January cuts as notification to employees whose roles would be affected at a later date, and the April filing as the conclusion of that assessment process.
What is driving the Benchmark plant closure?
Benchmark has described the Phoenix shutdown as part of previously announced efforts to streamline operations, with the April WARN notice representing the outcome of a strategic site review. The company has not publicly identified which contracts or product lines are being wound down at the Harbour Drive location.
Full closure is targeted for June 30, 2026.
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- ABC15 Arizona retrieved 09/05/2026 12:13
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