Elcoteq

Elcoteq SE was a Finnish[3] consumer electronics contract manufacturer,[4] EMS,[4] and ODM[5] company headquartered in Luxembourg.[2] The company filed for bankruptcy protection in Luxembourg on October 6, 2011.[6]

Insurance
TypeContract manufacturer
Nasdaq Helsinki: ELQAV
IndustryEMS
Founded1984[1]
Defunct2011
HeadquartersLuxembourg[2]
Key people
Jouni Hartikainen CEO
Websitewww.elcoteq.com

It was a manufacturer of the BlackBerry and also performed repair and refurbishment services.[7]

History

Founded in 1984 as a microelectronics unit of the Lohja Corporation,[1] the company became independent in an early 1990s management buyout.[8]

Elcoteq made an IPO on the Helsinki Stock Exchange in November 1997.[9]

It manufactured the ill-fated Microsoft Kin for Sharp Corporation in the late 2000s.[10]

On October 6, 2011, Elcoteq filed for bankruptcy in Luxembourg.[11] The loss of a major client, Nokia, to Asian sourcing outfits[12] may have been a contributing cause.

Production base expansion

Its original production base was in Lohja, Finland,[13] and in 1992 it established an Estonian base.[13] By 1999 had expanded production to include non-European bases, too.[14]

Name

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.[8]

Clients

The first Elcoteq customers were Ericsson and Nokia.[1] Other clients have included:

Production bases

Elcoteq has had production bases in Brazil, China, Estonia, India, Hungary, Romania, and Mexico.[19]

References
  1. History: The Early Years; 1984–1990 Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  2. History: Decision on the New Domicile Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  3. UPDATE 2-Elcoteq expects turn-around soon, shares up reuters.com, Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:40am EDT
  4. About Us Archived 2011-02-20 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  5. History: 2004; Further Focusing and Expansion of Operations Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  6. Elcoteq Network S.A. files for bankruptcy - parent to continue controlled management process Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  7. AMS Business Segment: After Market Services Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  8. History: Going It Alone; 1990–1991 Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  9. History: Investors Convinced – the Company Goes Public in 1997 Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  10. UPDATE 1-Elcoteq says Kin rollback does not change guidance reuters.com, Thu Jul 1, 2010 11:42am EDT
  11. History: Elcoteq SE files for bankruptcy Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  12. Ando, Ritsuko (May 18, 2012). "Nokia's woes cast doubt over Finnish model". reuters.com. Thompson Reuters. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  13. History: Rapid Entrepreneurial Development; 1992–1997 Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  14. History: International Expansion; 1998–2000 Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  15. Market Information Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  16. History: Service Offering Expands Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  17. History: New Customers Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  18. History: More Challenges in 2007 Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
  19. Global Service Network Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine Elcoteq Official Site
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