France's most successful professional sound reinforcement system manufacturer has reversed the audio industry's widespread trend for off-shore manufacturing.  NEXO has opened new purpose-built corporate headquarters, which will house all its management and manufacturing operations, in Plailly, just 15km NE of the Charles de Gaulle international airport in Paris.

For the last 27 years, NEXO has been located in a facility in nearby Roissy, a campus-style operation which was the result of two descades of expansion across a large section of a suburban North Paris industrial park. In 2004, plans were prepared for the construction of a new facility, which began in late 2005. 

NEXO's Plailly headquarters has taken its design criteria from industrial ergonomics, placing special emphasis on manufacturing process and quality control. NEXO founders Eric Vincenot and Micky Johnson have expressed total satisfaction with the new premises, and. Director General Denis Baudier says of the move, "This couldn't have come at a better time.  With exceptional sales growth from the GEO D and S12 Series product launches during the last 18 months, we desperately needed increased production capacity."  Tri-directional expansion options are also integrated into NEXO's new HQ design, so continued growth can be easily implemented.