Elcoteq SE was a Finnish consumer electronics

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Elcoteq Official Site and ODM company headquartered in

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Elcoteq Official Site The company filed for bankruptcy protection in Luxembourg on October 6, 2011. It was a manufacturer of the

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and also performed repair and refurbishment services.

History

Founded in 1984 as a microelectronics unit of the Lohja Corporation,History: The Early Years; 1984–1990
Elcoteq Official Site the company became independent in an early 1990s

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. Elcoteq made an

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on the

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in November 1997. It manufactured the ill-fated

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for

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in the late 2000s. On October 6, 2011, Elcoteq filed for bankruptcy in Luxembourg. The loss of a major client, Nokia, to Asian sourcing outfits may have been a contributing cause.

Production base expansion

Its original production base was in

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, Finland, and in 1992 it established an Estonian base.History: Rapid Entrepreneurial Development; 1992–1997
Elcoteq Official Site By 1999 had expanded production to include non-European bases, too.

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.
Elcoteq Official Site

Clients

The first Elcoteq customers were

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and

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. Other clients have included: * Aastra * Ascom *

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History: Service Offering Expands
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* Humax *

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Market Information
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History: 2004; Further Focusing and Expansion of Operations
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* Swissvoice *

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History: New Customers
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History: More Challenges in 2007
Elcoteq Official Site

Production bases

Elcoteq has had production bases in Brazil, China, Estonia, India, Hungary, Romania, and Mexico.
Elcoteq Official Site

References

External links

Official website
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