Almost 1,000 family members and friends visited the Methode Electronics Campus in Mrieħel during a recent open day, as the company inaugurated its embellishment project. This major investment complements over 18 years of local continuous business success.
Methode Electronics Inc. is a US company founded in 1947. The company serves most of the renowned automotive manufacturing companies including McLaren, BMW, Aston Martin, Daimler, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Fiat, Maserati, Ferrari, Mazda, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Peugeot, Citroen, Renault, Nissan, Audi, Volkswagen, Suzuki, TATA and Volvo, among others.
Methode also serves other industries including railway and transportation, military and aerospace, heavy industry, medical, communications, energy and renewal energy, and the white goods/appliances market. The company provides solutions in four areas namely, sensors and switches, user interface, power and data products.
Locally, the company has been operating since 1966, back then as Merit Malta Ltd, which was acquired by Methode Electronics Inc. in 1997. Since then the company continued to expand its business to become one of the top local exporting companies and highest contributors to Malta’s GDP. In 2008 the company also acquired Hetronic to diversify its portfolio.
Today, the Methode Electronics group employs over 5,000 employees worldwide, and over 1,200 people in Malta.