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Elcoteq Receives Membership in the Kempen/SNS Smaller SRI Europe Index for the 6th Consecutive Year
The focus on corporate responsibility is being intensified by increasing scrutiny from stakeholders, investors, customers, employers, governments and the media alike. The level of responsibility demanded will only increase and, according to Kempen, the level of Elcoteq′s recent reporting shows that the company is well placed for the future.
Kempen has updated its environmental, social and governance […]
ELCOTEQ WINS SMT VISION AWARD FOR CONTRACT SERVICES
Elcoteq received the SMT 2009 VISION Award in the category of Contract Services for its Management of Corporate Responsibility program on March 30, 2009 in a ceremony during the APEX trade show at the Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. The SMT VISION Awards recognize the people and products within the surface mount industry that […]
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Elcoteq Marks 10th Anniversary as Communications Technology EMS in China
China is increasingly perceived as a market and home of world class and leading original equipment manufacturers (OEM), besides being a manufacturing location.
Elcoteq was one of the first electronics manufacturing services (EMS) companies to recognize Chinese customer demand for local manufacturing and support services, establishing Elcoteq Dongguan and Elcoteq Asia Ltd. in 1999. This year, […]
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Elcoteq hosts booth at Reverse Logistics Show in Las Vegas
The RLA (Reverse Logistics) trade show is the largest show dedicated to the reverse logistics industry. Reverse logistics deals with the complete end to end process of returning goods for any reason once they leave the manufacturing plant. The RLA has three trade shows per year; in Las Vegas, Amsterdam and Singapore. The show in […]
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End-to-End Responsibility
By Tapio Nurminen
Elcoteq’s Communications Networks business area seeks to bolster the quality and efficiency of its response to new demand. In the future, traditional cooperation in production and assembly – in which roles are very tightly defined – will be only one of the links in the long chain that Elcoteq ensures for its network […]
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Protecting Brand Reputation
At this time of economic downturn and reduced consumer confidence, the equity of a brand can be a critical factor in ensuring that sales and margins are maintained while lesser brands get squeezed. Brand equity is a function of many things – image, price, innovation, tradition – but at the end of the day, they […]
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Elcoteq in pursuit of going green
Starting from the 2008 World Environment Day on June 5th, Elcoteq’s locations globally have undertaken a series of actions to raise employees’ environmental awareness and responsibility as well as their contribution to sustainable development.
Several green programs have been carried out in a row throughout the year. Elcoteq’s plants in China and India launched energy-saving programs […]
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After Market Services
Recycling, repairing and recovering are an essential part of after market services. The world will become greener by good design – or by directives and legislation, if necessary.
by Folkert Wierda and Ted Gardham, Elcoteq
”After Market Services” (AMS) is often an after thought when designing and manufacturing products. However, with the passing of the Waste Electrical […]
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Elcoteq’s REACH approach featured in Technology Forecasters Inc Blog
Why REACH blinds and boggles some, busies others
by Pam Gordan, Technology Forecasters Inc. www.TechForecasters.com
Though the European Union’s REACH regulation is boggling some electronics-company managers trying to understand its implications, and blinding those not yet willing to face the most comprehensive legislation on chemicals ever introduced, the REACH regulation is busying companies such as Elcoteq. European-based […]
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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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