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Elcoteq’s founder’s biography published in Finland
Mr. Antti Piippo’s biography was published in beginning of October in Finland. Mr. Piippo is founder and principal shareholder of Elcoteq. He has held management positions in the electronics industry since 1971. Mr. Piippo also holds hold several positions of trust in numerous Finnish companies and business associations. The biography exposes the eventful life story […]
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Elcoteq Hungary Celebrated 10th Anniversary
Elcoteq Hungary celebrated its 10th anniversary on September 17, 2008 in Pécs. The anniversary was celebrated at the plants in Pécs during September. The festivities on the anniversary day featured a Gala show at the National Theatre of Pécs, where approximately 520 guests including Elcoteqians, politicians and business partners, gathered to celebrate.
Mr. Jouni Hartikainen, President […]
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Barrier-free cheering for Paralympics
One hundred Elcoteq employees raised their voices to cheer the athletes who participated in the Beijing Paralympic Games, held September 6-17, in Beijing China. Selected by the Beijing Olympic Governing Committee, they were among the 1000 volunteers participating on the Paralympic cheerleading squad.
Besides yelling slogans like, “Go Go athletes!”, they used sign language, made special […]
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EMS company’s perspective on growing versatile Mobile Phones
Entertainment and utility services for mobile phones are growing from strength to strength, and in practice all Internet services can now be used with a mobile phone. For instance the mobile phone user can trade in securities, watch television, play games, send instant messages and follow the commentary of football matches in real time. The […]
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The First Female General Manager of Elcoteq in China
At a time when men still dominate as leaders in the manufacturing field, Elcoteq’s Cecilia Liu is breaking ground as general manager of Elcoteq’s Dongguan, China plant. In her role as general manager, Liu is responsible for ensuring that all operations run smoothly and that there is optimal utilization of resources to satisfy the needs […]
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Elcoteq Commemorated the World Environment Day
The World Environment Day was commemorated in Elcoteq locations globally on June 5, 2008. Since climate change is becoming the defining issue of our era, the slogan this year was Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy. Also Elcoteq SE’s Corporate Responsibility Report was published on the same day in digital format.
Lots of activities […]
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SMT/Hybrid/Packaging 2008 Nürnberg
Elcoteq Participated in a Panel Discussion Organized by productronic
By Päivi Huuhtanen
The panel discussion held at the SMT/Hybrid/Packaging Show in Nürnberg in June was hosted by Hilmar Beine, the Editor-in-chief of Productronics, and it led to a fruitful discussion about EMS markets.
The panelists were Dr. Werner Witte, Managing Director, BuS Elektronik, Ronny Kirschner, Managing Director and […]
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Environmental Responsibility – Step-Up Eco-efficiency of Your Entire Process
The European Union’s (EU) integrated product policy has shifted emphasis from management of site-specific environmental impact to minimizing the environmental impact of each product throughout its lifecycle.
The EU’s environmental directives require the whole lifecycle of a product to be taken into account right from product development. Design for environment (DfE) aims at minimizing environmental impact throughout […]
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Corporate Responsibility entails cooperation throughout the supply chain
Minna Aila, Elcoteq’s Director Investor Relations and Corporate Responsibility explains the importance of corporate responsibility within Elcoteq.
Companies in the electronics sector have to ensure that operations meet corporate responsibility requirements throughout the entire supply chain. In practice, this means communicating environmental and ethical requirements to suppliers, including these requirements in supplier contracts, assessing and auditing suppliers […]
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REACH Unifies Chemicals Legislation
The European Union’s chemicals legislation was reformed at the beginning of June 2007 when the new REACH Regulation came into force. REACH is intended to improve the protection of human health and the environment and develop chemicals legislation in the European Union.
REACH is short for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals. The primary objective […]
