Elcoteq facility receives quality award, to manufacture WLANs for Strix Systems.Elcoteq Elcoteq SE is a global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and original design manufacturing (ODM) company, which does manufacturing for Nokia, Ericsson, Thomson, RIM and other brand name companies (OEM's). Network Corp. (Irving, TX, www.elcoteq.com), a provider of electronics manufacturing services Electronic manufacturing services (EMS) is term used for companies that design, test, manufacture, distribute and provide return/repair services for electronic component and assemblies for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). (EMS), announced that Elcoteq Americas' Monterrey, Mexico, facility has been awarded the 2003 Quality Award by the government of the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The award recognizes those institutions, organizations or companies that have achieved a level of total quality management. Companies are judged on the basis of eight criteria: leadership, customer satisfaction, organizational planning, personnel development, processes, information and analysis, the company's impact on the community and the results the organization has achieved. There are four award categories--Industry, Education, Health and Government--and each of those is divided into sub-categories based on the size of the organization. Elcoteq was the large company winner in the Industrial category. Elcoteq also announced that it has signed an agreement to manufacture wireless local area network (LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. ) systems for Strix Systems Inc. (Westlake Village, CA, www.strixsystems.com) in Elcoteq's Monterrey plant. Strix Systems' flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Access/One Network, is a complete wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area (Wi-Fi) system providing a package of management and security features for network managers. The products will be used in enterprises worldwide. |
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