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Flextronics was sued in what was apparent in breach of contract with Beckman Coulter Inc., a maker of medical devices. The case dates from 1997, when Beckman Coulter entered into an agreement with Dovatron, a unit of the Dii Group, to provide circuit boards for a Beckman blood analyser. Flextronics
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to bring the Intelligence of Things "Home". Flex has been a strategic partner to Wink, serving as their primary supplier of hardware and firmware, including the Wink Hub and Wink Relay, which include core intellectual property developed within Flex. In July 2017, Flex sold Wink to i.am+ for $ 38.7
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This included production equipment, raw materials, and half-made products worth approximately 700 million yuan ($ 101.85 million). These goods were held up for over a month, however Huawei was able to retrieve some of the goods worth 400 million yuan through third-party channels in June 2019.
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stock market opening bell, signifying the day's start of trading and celebrated 15-year NASDAQ-listed anniversary. Mike McNamara (then-CEO) and a group of top executives represented the company at the ringing of the bell. On 25 August 2009, Flextronics announced that it was chosen by
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Beckman filed suit in early 2001, seeking $ 2.2 million in damages, which were cited as the costs incurred in having to retool one of its plants to manufacture the circuit boards in-house. At the end of the trial, Flextronics paid $ 23 million for the damages.
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In 2014, Flextronics was named as the manufacturer of the Fitbit Force by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission in the context of a complete recall of the product due to rashes developing on the wrists of its users.
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A former Flextronics executive pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud and security fraud by providing confidential information related to USB charger shipment data used for U.S. based iPhones and iPods in 2009.
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According to a 2019 report, Flex produced smartphone and 5G base stations for Huawei, and when the US added Huawei to its Entity List on May 16, Flex kept Huawei's assets at its factory in Zhuhai.
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Test and Measurement's 2009 Outstanding Supplier Award. The award was given based on quality, delivery performance, engineering support and cost for work with two of Danaher's business units,
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acquired the Dii Group in 1999 and, according to Beckman, shortly thereafter Flextronics refused to provide the circuit boards unless it bought other electronic components from the company.
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to provide manufacturing for Europe. That same year, Flextronics also signed an agreement with Brammo to provide acquisition and manufacturing in North America, Asia and Europe.
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3.6 billion and thus making Solectron a subsidiary of Flextronics. The acquisition of Solectron was completed by end of October 2007, earlier than anticipated.
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In 1990, the company was renamed Flextronics International, Ltd. and registered in Singapore. In 1993, the company received venture capital funding through
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facility for distribution to the North and South American markets. On 2 September 2009, Flextronics announced that Multek received
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On 31 December 2018, Michael M. McNamara resigned as the company's Chief Executive Officer. On 11 February 2019, Flex announced
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as CEO. Prior to Flex, Advaithi was president and chief operating officer for the Electrical Sector business for
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for what concerns original equipment manufacturers. Flex's U.S. corporate headquarters are located in
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In July 2015 the company announced it changed the company name from Flextronics to Flex.
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On 15 September 2010, Flextronics announced that it had been chosen by
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diversified manufacturing company. It is the third largest global
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In September 2015, Flex acquired Nextracker, one of the leading
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Companies with an annual revenue of over US$ 3 billion
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On 18 March 2009, Flextronics was invited to ring the
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The company was founded in 1969 as Flextronics, Inc.
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Flextronics


San Jose, California
Public
Traded as
Nasdaq
FLEX
Electronics manufacturing services
Original design manufacturer
Austin, Texas
Singapore
Revathi Advaithi
CEO
CFO
Michael Capellas
chairman
US$
Operating income
Net income
Total assets
Total equity
flex.com

Łódź
multinational
electronics manufacturing services
original design manufacturer
Pegatron
Austin

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