Elcoteq Beijing Obtains Satellite Television Reception Equipment Manufacturing License
HONG KONG, May 6 /PRNewswire-Asia-AsiaNet/ --
Elcoteq SE (HEL: ELQAV), a leading electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company in
the communications technology industry, announces that the Ministry of Commerce of China
has granted the Elcoteq Beijing plant a license to manufacture satellite television reception
equipment. This license enables Elcoteq Beijing to provide its customers with life-cycle support
and full turnkey assembly services for set-top boxes. The Elcoteq Beijing plant also assembles
flat panel televisions (TVs) as well as provides related supply chain management and sourcing
services.
As analogue TV broadcasts are being eliminated in various markets, digitalization support for
high definition TV has become more prevalent throughout the world, and TV is used for multi-
media and computing functions, the set-top box market is expected to grow. Elcoteq is ready to
address this immense opportunity. The company started consolidating its Shenzhen plant with
its Beijing plant early this year, transferring the set-top box capacity of the Shenzhen plant to
Beijing. Elcoteq Beijing applied for the license to manufacture satellite television reception
equipment and planned for deployment of supporting resources as soon as the project began,
ensuring that there was no production interruption or time lost in operations due to the transition.
Elcoteq Beijing was established in 2000 in Beijing, China. It is one of Elcoteq's three volume
manufacturing plants in the Asia-Pacific region. The plant specializes in box build and sub-
assembly manufacturing for communications products such as RF modules, engines, mobile
phones, mobile phone base station controllers (2G/2.5G/3G), data processing units, data
storage units, switching products, 3G interface boards, and message bus interfaces. Along with
manufacturing services, the company also supports original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
with fully integrated solutions comprised of collaborative design, manufacturing, engineering
services, sourcing, demand and supply chain management, and after-sales services, including
product repair and recycling, for the entire lifecycle of their products. The plant is ISO 9001:2000
and ISO 14001:2004 certified and adheres to Six Sigma, SA8000 and OHSAS18001
implementation. Elcoteq Beijing employs over 1600 people. Besides Elcoteq Beijing, the
Elcoteq Juarez, Mexico plant also supports OEMs in the flat panel TV and set-top box markets.
"We are delighted that we are ready to manufacture set-top boxes for our customers. We
appreciate the support of Beijing's Business Development Area (BDA), China's Ministry of
Commerce, the local government, and our colleagues who have helped our plant obtain this
license in the short span of several weeks," said Mr. Wang Zhou, general manager of Elcoteq
Beijing.
About Elcoteq
Elcoteq SE is a leading electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company in the
communications technology field. It provides unique service offerings that integrate consistent
contract services globally with customized solutions: product development services, supply
chain management, NPI, manufacturing, and after-market services for its customers' products.
These products include Personal Communications products such as mobile phones and their
parts, Home Communications products such as set-top boxes and flat panel TVs as well as
Communications Networks products such as base-stations, tower-top amplifiers, and microwave
systems. Elcoteq operates in 15 countries on 4 continents and employs some 15,000 people.
Consolidated net sales for 2008 totaled 3.4 billion euros (4.6 billion USD). Elcoteq SE is listed
Further information:
Elcoteq SE
Carsten Barth
Director, Marketing and Communications
Tel: +41-41-728-0313
Andrea Roberts
Tel: +1-858-451-8666
Judy Tsang
Tel: +852-2486-7770
SOURCE Elcoteq SE
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