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Solectron Expands Guadalajara Plant with New Capabilities
October 27, 2005 |Estimated reading time: Less than a minute
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Solectron Corp. has recently expanded its capabilities in Guadalajara by creating an Enclosure Center and a Technology Excellence Center. The facility will focus on providing PCB assembly manufacturing and enclosures, system integration and design and engineering services to Solectron's customers worldwide.
"The new Technology Excellence Center will offer advanced design and engineering services to meet our increasing customer demand for these services around the globe. Mexico allows us access to an extremely high level of expertise, education and a talented pool of local engineers," says Dave Purvis, Solectron's executive vice president and CTO.
Roberto Hernandez, Solectron's Guadalajara general manager, holds a Ph.D. in industrial engineering. For more than 10 years, Hernandez has taught courses at ITESM, a technical university. His education and expertise will play a critical role in helping Solectron meet customer needs. "Due to significant customer demand at this site and the excellent performance of the plant through Lean manufacturing capabilities, Solectron decided to make a very important investment to expand the capabilities in the Guadalajara facility. In the near term, we anticipate a need to increase our hiring," says Hernandez.