Mark it: For Plexus, it’s Markit

Canton, Mich.-based agency Markit Strategies and PR LLC announced this week its naming as agency of record for Plexus Systems, Inc. SaaS firm Plexus renewed its contract with Markit Strategies early this year after announcing record earnings and 53 percent growth in 2006.

Plexus Systems’ flagship is the on-demand manufacturing performance system Plexus Online, which is touted as combining enterprise resource planning, manufacturing execution systems, quality control, customer relationship management, and shop floor integration.

Markit Strategies and PR is a marketing and public relations firm providing marketing, business development, communications, and media relations program development to help with media relations, analyst relations, and general marketing communication activities. The agency is led by seventeen-year marketing veteran Peggy Fenwick.

Founded in 1995, Plexus Systems, Inc. today has a clientele across manufacturing industries including automotive, defense, medical device and aerospace companies headquartered in the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

Plexus Systems has recently partnered with global private equity group Apax Partners. Apax Partners operates across the US, Europe and Asia and has more than $20 billion in funds. A lot of money there, then…