Overview

Flextronics employs a business group strategy that maximizes the economies of scale of our centralized core services, such as manufacturing, procurement, logistics and IT and customized, market-specific capabilities offered through industry-specific design, engineering and original design and manufacturing (ODM) services. This approach enables us to deliver highly competitive services in an increasingly complex industry with a diverse, competitive customer base. It also allows us to make fast, flexible decisions in response to changing market conditions. Flextronics delivers value and innovation to our original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers through the following four business groups.

High Reliability Solutions covers avionics, flight and engine controls, ruggedized communications, wire harness for ground and air vehicles, night vision systems, security systems and surveillance. In the energy area, we support the entire market infrastructure from generation, to transmission and distribution to smart use. Within this group, we also produce automotive smart electronics, lighting and clean tech solutions. For medical applications we provide drug delivery devices, diagnostic equipment, telemedicine and disposable devices.

High Velocity Solutions includes products such as mobile phones, smart phones, wireless modules and products, home entertainment equipment, game consoles, printers, copiers, all-in-one PC desktops, notebook and netbook computers and PC and media tablets, as well as home and business access products including customer gateway equipment, or hardware equipment, customer connectivity devices and customer end devices.

Integrated Networks Solutions covers end-to-end solutions in telecommunications, including optical networking; networking, such as enterprise infrastructure; and servers and storage space, including cloud computing hardware. Vast portions of today’s internet run on switches, routers, optical transport gear, mobile backhaul and data centers built by Integrated Network Solutions factories around the globe. Seventeen manufacturing sites offer OEMS in the industry flexible footprint while seven design centers provide complex design capabilities such as low power cloud servers, dense high-speed backplanes, EMI modeling, line card design for optical transport and mobile backhaul tower designs. Integrated Network Solutions customers span from fast growth companies to established Fortune 500 companies.

Industrial and Emerging Industries covers appliances, capital equipment and self-service solutions, safety and security, meters and controls and printers), navigation and positioning technologies, and Flextronics Special Business Solutions (SBS). SBS is a leading manufacturing service provider that combines local business with global resources. As a gateway to leveraging vertical integration capabilities and a worldwide footprint, SBS works with OEMs within their local language, culture and time zones to increase their competitive position through a simplified supply chain. SBS specializes in manufacturing lower volume, highly diversified products for all industries. Solutions vary from complex printed circuit board assembly to simple product integration, with production capabilities of one to several thousand units — meeting configure-to-order and build-to-order requirements throughout the entire production lifecycle.