| Former type | Contract manufacturer |
|---|---|
| Traded as | OMX: ELQAV |
| Industry | EMS |
| Founded | 1984[1] |
| Defunct | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg[2] |
| Key people | Jouni Hartikainen CEO |
| Website | www.elcoteq-blog.com |
Elcoteq SE[3] (OMX: ELQAV) is a Finnish[4] contract manufacturer,[5] EMS,[5] and ODM[6] company headquartered in Luxembourg.[2] The company filed for bankruptcy protection in Luxembourg on October 6 2011.[7]
While it may well be a maker of the BlackBerry, it provides products and services to other companies–not consumers. One of its services is repair and refurbishment.[8]
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Founded in 1984 as a microelectronics unit of the Lohja Corporation,[1] the company became independent in an early 1990s management buyout.[9]
Elcoteq made an IPO on the Helsinki Stock Exchange in November, 1997.[10]
It manufactured the ill-fated Microsoft Kin for Sharp Corporation in the late 2000s.[11]
On October 6, 2011, Elcoteq filed for bankruptcy in Luxembourg.[12]
While its original production base was in Lohja, Finland,[13] in 1992 it established an Estonian one[13] and by 1999 had expanded production to include non-European bases, too.[14]
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.[9]
The first Elcoteq customers were Ericsson and Nokia.[1] Other clients have included:
Elcoteq had production bases in Manaus,[19] Brazil;[20] Beijing[21] and Dongguan,[21] China;[20] Tallinn,[22] Estonia;[20] Pécs,[22] Hungary;[20] Bangalore,[21] India;[20] as well as Juárez[19] and Monterrey,[19] Mexico.[20]