Company type | Public company |
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NYSE: SLR | |
Industry | Electronics Manufacturing Services, product design and after sales services |
Founded | 1977 |
Defunct | 2007 |
Fate | Purchased by Flextronics |
Successor | Flex |
Products | Consumer Electronics, Routers, Switches, TVs |
Revenue | US$10.56 billion (2006)[1] |
Solectron Corporation was an American electronics manufacturing company for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). It was the first electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry in 1977.[citation needed] Solectron's first customer designed and distributed an electronic controller for solar energy equipment. The name "Solectron" was a portmanteau of the words "solar" and "electronics".[2]
Solectron had sales of around $12 billion a year, and employed 70,000 people in 23 countries.[3] The company was acquired by Flex on October 15, 2007.[4]