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Solectron Announces ISO 13485 Medical Certification of FinePitch Facility
For Immediate Release: July 26, 2006
MILPITAS, Calif. — Solectron Corporation (NYSE:SLR), a leading provider of electronics manufacturing and integrated supply chain services, today announced its FinePitch facility in Fremont, Calif. has received ISO 13485:2003 medical certification. The standard specifies requirements for a quality management system for regulatory purposes in the manufacture of medical devices.
In addition to FinePitch, the following Solectron sites have received ISO 13485:2003 certification:
Solectron's FinePitch Technology operations provide emerging and established businesses with prototyping and new product introduction solutions to facilitate time-to-market and low-volume, high-mix manufacturing services for many industries, including medical devices.
"The medical device sector relies heavily on small runs of product during the regulatory approval process and for clinical trials," said Les Schnoll, Chief Regulatory Officer, Solectron. "Solectron's FinePitch business provides OEMs with a focused team of engineers that can assist them in early-stage product development and prototyping. The ability to protect customers' intellectual property while providing added engineering resources reduces the time for product development and is critical to helping medical device firms speed time-to-market with safe and effective products."
Solectron offers OEMs extensive experience in medical device manufacturing and applies its deep expertise to meet OEMs' needs. All of Solectron's medical manufacturing facilities - including those in cost-competitive geographies - are certified to ISO 13485:2003 and are compliant with the FDA's Quality System Regulation.
About Solectron
Solectron Corporation (www.solectron.com) provides a full range of electronics manufacturing and supply chain management services to the world's leading networking, telecommunications, computing, consumer, automotive, industrial and medical device firms. The company's industry-leading Lean Six Sigma methodology (Solectron Production System™) provides OEMs with low cost, flexibility and quality that improves competitive advantage. Solectron's service offerings include new product introduction, collaborative design, materials management, product manufacturing, product warranty repair and end-of-life support. Based in Milpitas, Calif., Solectron operates in more than 20 countries on five continents and had sales from continuing operations of $10.4 billion in fiscal 2005.
Note: SOLECTRON and the Solectron logo are registered trademarks of Solectron Corporation. The Solectron Production System, SPS, and Solectron Supply Chain Solutions Suite are also trademarks of Solectron Corporation. Other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.
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