HONG KONG, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Elcoteq marks the ten-year anniversary in September 15, 2010 of its Beijing high-volume manufacturing plant in China. In 2000, Elcoteq opened an office in Beijing and was the first global EMS company to start manufacturing operations in the Chinese capital.
"I am happy to thank all the employees and the management of Beijing plant for the past ten years. During these years we have had here lots of success but also some difficult times. Even during the difficult times people in Beijing have worked hard for better days and we have always been able to count on that," says Jouni Hartikainen, Elcoteq's President and CEO.
"Electronics Manufacturing Services business environment is constantly changing and these changes affect us too. Only the most flexible and change oriented companies will survive in tough competition and in fast changing business environment. Elcoteq is one of the major players globally and it intends to stay there. We have recently streamlined our organization in order to better support the execution of our redefined strategy. With these operational changes we aim to improve centrally managed customer care for our global customers in EMS and in AMS as well as to improve local presence to serve local and smaller businesses close to customers," Mr. Hartikainen continues.
Elcoteq Beijing highlights its 10th anniversary by organizing a celebration party for all its employees. Over 1,000 participants from customers to employees from all levels have been invited to join the celebration. The celebration ceremony starts with planting a Ginkgo tree that symbolizes health and longevity and happiness for all. The day will end to a celebration dinner.
Elcoteq Beijing is one of the company's biggest high-volume manufacturing plants in the Asia-Pacific region. It has about 900 employees working in facility that covers almost 25 000 square meters. The factory is equipped with the latest manufacturing technologies for high-volume SMT manufacturing, Box-Build and Subsystem Assembly. Typical products cover flat TVs, smart phones, set tops boxes and infrastructure products.
The plant is well managed and fulfills both quality and environmental standards of production. The Beijing plant has been certified with ISO 9001:2008 quality management system and ISO 14001:2004 environmental management systems.
About Elcoteq
Elcoteq SE is the global Life Cycle Services Partner for high-tech product and service companies.
Engineering, Manufacturing, Fulfillment and After Market Services are the cornerstones of Elcoteq's extensive service offering. Elcoteq has a proven track record in electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and a global factory network coupled with modern manufacturing equipment and consistent systems and processes.
Products include Consumer Electronics devices such as mobile phones and their accessories, set-top boxes, LED lamps and luminaires, flat panel TVs as well as System Solutions products such as infrastructure systems, modules and other industrial segment products.
The Group's consolidated net sales for 2009 totaled 1.5 billion euros and it employs approximately 10,000 persons. Elcoteq SE is listed on the Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Ltd. For more information visit the Elcoteq website at www.elcoteq.com.
Further information:
Jouni Hartikainen
President and CEO
Tel: +358-10-41-311
