Elcoteq Marks 10th Anniversary as Communications Technology EMS in China
ESPOO, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-Asia-AsiaNet/ --
Elcoteq SE (HEL: ELQAV), a leading electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company in the
communications technology industry, marks the ten year anniversaries of its Dongguan high-volume
manufacturing plant and its Hong Kong management support office in China. Elcoteq was one of the first
EMS companies to recognize Chinese customer demand for local manufacturing and support services,
establishing Elcoteq Dongguan and Elcoteq Asia Ltd. in 1999. Elcoteq factories in China manufacture
communications technology products such as wireless communications terminal products, home
communications products, and network equipment.
China represents one of the emerging markets for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and EMS
providers of communications products and has a very significant customer base. In 2000, Elcoteq
opened an office in Beijing and was the first global EMS company to start manufacturing operations in the
Chinese capital.
Today, Elcoteq Dongguan, in the Nancheng District of Dongguan, China, is one of Elcoteq's three
volume manufacturing plants in the Asia-Pacific region (the others are in Beijing and India). To support
the Dongguan operation, Elcoteq Asia Ltd was set up as a customer center in Hong Kong and later
developed with management support functions for all Elcoteq business area and group activities in the
Asia-Pacific region. Additional Asian offices are in Seoul, Korea and Tokyo, Japan. Elcoteq China
operations have about 4,000 employees working in facilities that cover about 58,200 square meters. The
service portfolio has broadened from assembly manufacturing to complete box-build manufacturing,
supply chain management, product development, and engineering and after-sales services
Along with manufacturing services, Elcoteq's Dongguan plant supports original equipment
manufacturers (OEM) 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 the OEM's products. Manufacturing
services include box build and sub-assembly manufacturing for communications products such as mobile
phones, (GSM, PHS, CDMA), LCD driver modules, and base station modules. The plant is ISO
9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 certified and has Six Sigma, SA8000, and EHS implementation. The
general manager of the plant is Cecilia Liu, Elcoteq's first female general manager in Asia.
"China represents one of the largest markets for handset OEMs," said Ms. Liu. "We were fortunate to
be one of the first EMS companies to enter the China market and will continue to support our customers
with Elcoteq's special know-how as a manufacturing services partner for wireless telecommunications
products in China and other regions."
In 2008, Elcoteq Dongguan was honoured as one of the Top 100 Information Enterprises in Dongguan.
About Elcoteq
Elcoteq SE is a leading electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company with design capabilities
and focuses on three businesses within the communications technology industry; Personal
Communications, Home Communications and Communications Networks. 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, e.g. mobile phones and their parts, set-top boxes and flat screen TVs, base-
stations, tower-top amplifiers, and microwave systems. Elcoteq operates in 15 countries on 4 continents
and employs some 19,000 people. Consolidated net sales for 2008 totaled 3.4 billion euros. Elcoteq SE is
For More Information contact:
Elcoteq SE
Carsten Barth
Director, Marketing and Communications
Tel: +41-0-41-728-0313
Fax: +41-0-41-728-0394
Email: carsten.barth@elcoteq.com
Agency:
Andrea Roberts
AR Marketing, Inc
Tel: +1-858-451-8666
Email: andrea@armarketinginc.com
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