Company sets up employee communications to ensure their safety and security
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — October 9, 2017 — Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today announced that its corporate headquarters, located at 1400 Fountaingrove Pkwy, Santa Rosa, Calif., is temporarily shut down due to the wildfires burning in the area.
Contrary to some news reports, as of 3 p.m. PT, a Keysight representative confirmed that all four main buildings are intact, although there appears to be some minor damage. Two modular structures and several automobiles suffered more extensive damage. The company will provide further information after they are granted full access to the facility by the local authorities.
Teams of safety experts will evaluate the buildings as soon as fires in the surrounding areas are controlled and it is safe to return to the area. The company has announced that the site will remain closed at least through Tuesday, Oct. 10, and that they will continue to monitor and evaluate the situation. Business continues as usual at Keysight’s other 145 worldwide locations.
Keysight is contacting its Santa Rosa site employees to verify their status and is providing additional resources as required.
About Keysight Technologies
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) is a leading technology company that helps its engineering, enterprise and service provider customers optimize networks and bring electronic products to market faster and at a lower cost. Keysight's solutions go where the electronic signal goes, from design simulation, to prototype validation, to manufacturing test, to optimization in networks and cloud environments. Customers span the worldwide communications ecosystem, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor and general electronics end markets. Keysight generated revenues of $2.9B in fiscal year 2016. In April 2017, Keysight acquired Ixia, a leader in network test, visibility, and security. More information is available at www.keysight.com.
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