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Flextronics provides reverse logistics, signs agreement with Newport.


Flextronics (Singapore) has announced it will provide customers with worldwide reverse logistics This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article.  and repair services. The company will leverage global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map.  with strong logistics operations, to provide customers with reverse logistics, repair and refurbishing of products.

Michael E. Marks, chairman and chief executive officer, said, "Establishing a reverse logistics and repair business completes our logistics services offering and allows Flextronics to provide our customers with a complete array of post-manufacturing solutions. [We] will now be able to offer the lowest total cost and highest customer service level for all activities required to support products over their entire life-cycle."

Flextronics also announced that its business unit, Flextronics Photonics, a provider of design, industrialization industrialization

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, supply chain management and manufacturing services, and Newport Corp. (Irvine, CA), a manufacturer of components, instruments and integrated systems, have signed an agreement for Flextronics to transfer certain elements of its optical component manufacturing technology to Newport. Newport will develop next-generation assembly automation systems to commercialize this process technology.

By acquiring Flextronics' direct fiber coupling and solder solder (sŏd`ər), metal alloy used in the molten state as a metallic binder. The type of solder to be used is determined by the metals to be united. Soft solders are commonly composed of lead and tin and have low melting points. Hard solders (i.  attachment processes, Newport can develop a standardized platform for automating key fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber  packaging processes for numerous applications. In addition to an upfront fee and royalties, Flextronics will receive preferential pricing for the equipment developed. Additionally, Newport will become the exclusive provider for all fiber optic alignment and attachment systems for Flextronics Photonics on a global basis.

The two companies are also developing a joint technology roadmap The context of product management
The existence of product managers in the product software industry indicates that software is becoming more and more commercialized as a standard product.
 for the continued development of future automated manufacturing solutions.
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Title Annotation:Asia Watch
Author:Shedd, John
Publication:Circuits Assembly
Article Type:Brief Article
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Date:May 1, 2002
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