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Flextronics Underscores Commitment to Serve OEMs in the Solar Industry
SINGAPORE, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with Solar
Power International 2008 and in response to customer demand and advanced
technology requirements in the solar industry, Flextronics (Nasdaq: FLEX)
today underscored its commitment to support the manufacturing requirements of
solar OEMs with complex market delivery requirements in an increasingly
competitive environment. As part of this commitment, Flextronics' Industrial
segment created a global team dedicated to advanced solar solutions that
operates in designated centers of excellence to support solar customers
worldwide. This team, which has been ramping new solar customers during the
past 24 months, leverages Flextronics' global scale and company-wide core
competencies in design, manufacturing and after-market services and support to
deliver the economies of scale necessary to help solar customers accelerate
the realization of grid parity. As a result of its focused solar solutions,
Flextronics has been recognized by several OEMs as the partner-of-choice to
complete their market strategies.
Flextronics Industrial's commitment to support solar OEMs is reflected in
the organization's solar solutions portfolio, which is a significant
competitive differentiator and includes expertise in the following markets:
-- Semiconductor capital equipment, energy and electro-mechanical
equipment
-- Solar capital equipment
-- PV module assembly and manufacturing
-- PV component assembly
-- Photovoltaic concentrators
-- Balance of System (BOS) products
Solar OEMs are increasingly leveraging the supply chain and operational
efficiencies of global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers for
agile and scalable program ramp and management. With its robust solutions for
both low-volume, high-mix and high-volume, low-mix infrastructures,
Flextronics is uniquely positioned to help deliver scalable manufacturing and
supply chain solutions to the solar market, quickly and at a lower landed
cost. Oerlikon Solar recently partnered with Flextronics' Industrial segment
to help meet Oerlikon Solar's scalability requirements for global production
capacity. In addition, leading solar technology provider Carmanah recently
announced a partnership with Flextronics' Industrial segment to help maximize
the efficiency of its supply chain while providing a flexible infrastructure
for scalable growth. This need for scalable growth and low-cost, efficient
market delivery solutions continues to increase for solar organizations and
Flextronics is committed to enhancing its solar solutions portfolio to support
these OEMs.
"This summer, we announced updates to our solar market strategy with a key
component being the selection of Flextronics as our strategic EMS partner
based on the organization's portfolio and commitment to deliver advanced solar
solutions that will improve our overall operational efficiency," said Philippe
Favreau, COO, Carmanah. "We believe Flextronics, with its flexible, global
infrastructure, has the right set of solar capabilities to help our
organization quickly scale to meet growth objectives in the competitive solar
industry."
"Flextronics' Industrial segment is well suited to partner with solar OEMs
and is committed to help these OEMs address advanced design and global market
distribution requirements with the ability to quickly ramp and scale to meet
growing demand," said EC Sykes, president of Flextronics Industrial. "Our
dedication to provide customers with a complete solar solutions offering is
unmatched and we are very pleased to be among the first EMS companies to
provide a dedicated, advanced solar solutions team to address the needs of
this industry. We are also proud to support the global solar initiative toward
environmentally-conscious solutions and to contribute to the renewable energy
efforts of companies in these areas that are quickly making real solutions out
of creative ideas."
Flextronics' Industrial representatives will attend Solar Power
International October 13-16, 2008 inSan Diego. Members of the media who want
to schedule an on-site interview should contact Renee Brotherton at
408-576-7189.
About Flextronics
Headquartered inSingapore (Singapore Reg. No. 199002645H), Flextronics is
a leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider focused on
delivering complete design, engineering and manufacturing services to
automotive, computing, consumer digital, industrial, infrastructure, medical
and mobile OEMs. With the acquisition of Solectron, pro forma fiscal year 2008
revenues from continuing operations are more than US$33.6 billion. Flextronics
helps customers design, build, ship, and service electronics products through
a network of facilities in 30 countries on four continents. This global
presence provides design and engineering solutions that are combined with core
electronics manufacturing and logistics services, and vertically integrated
with components technologies, to optimize customer operations by lowering
costs and reducing time to market. For more information, please visit
http://www.flextronics.com.
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