Elcoteq
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Elcoteq SE was a Finnish<ref>UPDATE 2-Elcoteq expects turn-around soon, shares up reuters.com, Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:40am EDT</ref> consumer electronics contract manufacturer,<ref name=about/> EMS,<ref name=about>About Us Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref> and ODM<ref name=odm/> company headquartered in Luxembourg.<ref name=lux>History: Decision on the New Domicile Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref> The company filed for bankruptcy protection in Luxembourg on October 6, 2011.<ref>Elcoteq Network S.A. files for bankruptcy - parent to continue controlled management process Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref>
It was a manufacturer of the BlackBerry and also performed repair and refurbishment services.<ref>AMS Business Segment: After Market Services Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref>
HistoryEdit
Founded in 1984 as a microelectronics unit of the Lohja Corporation,<ref name=early>History: The Early Years; 1984–1990 Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref> the company became independent in an early 1990s management buyout.<ref name=alone/>
Elcoteq made an IPO on the Helsinki Stock Exchange in November 1997.<ref>History: Investors Convinced – the Company Goes Public in 1997 Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref>
It manufactured the ill-fated Microsoft Kin for Sharp Corporation in the late 2000s.<ref name=kin/>
On October 6, 2011, Elcoteq filed for bankruptcy in Luxembourg.<ref>History: Elcoteq SE files for bankruptcy Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref> The loss of a major client, Nokia, to Asian sourcing outfits<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> may have been a contributing cause.Template:Citation needed
Production base expansionEdit
Its original production base was in Lohja, Finland,<ref name=rapid/> and in 1992 it established an Estonian base.<ref name=rapid>History: Rapid Entrepreneurial Development; 1992–1997 Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref> By 1999 had expanded production to include non-European bases, too.<ref>History: International Expansion; 1998–2000 Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref>
NameEdit
Representing electronics, contract manufacturing, and technology, Elcoteq was the company's second choice after Finnish regulators would not allow it to register the name Mikrotec.<ref name=alone>History: Going It Alone; 1990–1991 Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref>
ClientsEdit
The first Elcoteq customers were Ericsson and Nokia.<ref name=early/> Other clients have included:
- Aastra
- Ascom
- EADS<ref name=market/>
- Funai<ref>History: Service Offering Expands Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref>
- Huawei<ref name=market/>
- Humax<ref name=market/>
- Marconi Electronic Systems<ref name=nc/>
- Nokia Siemens Networks<ref name=market>Market Information Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref>
- Philips<ref name=cust/>
- Research In Motion<ref name=odm>History: 2004; Further Focusing and Expansion of Operations Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref>
- Sharp Corporation<ref name=kin>UPDATE 1-Elcoteq says Kin rollback does not change guidance reuters.com, Thu Jul 1, 2010 11:42am EDT</ref>
- Siemens<ref name=nc/>
- Sony Ericsson<ref name=cust/>
- Swissvoice
- Tellabs<ref name=nc>History: New Customers Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref>
- Thomson SA<ref name=cust>History: More Challenges in 2007 Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref>
Production basesEdit
Elcoteq has had production bases in Brazil, China, Estonia, India, Hungary, Romania, and Mexico.<ref name=pbase>Global Service Network Template:Webarchive Elcoteq Official Site</ref>