Solectron buys Storage Co. operations.Milpitas Milpitas (mĭl'pē`təs), city (1990 pop. 50,686), Santa Clara co., W Calif., a suburb of San Jose, southeast of San Francisco; inc. 1954. Manufactures include computers and paint. , CA -- Solectron Solectron Corporation (NYSE: SLR), is a global electronics manufacturing company for original equipment manufacturer (OEMs). It pioneered the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry in 1977 and is a leader in the field. Corp. in late June purchased McDATA Corp.'s Lumberton, NJ, manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. and assets. McDATA (mcdata.com), a provider of storage networking solutions, obtained the operations as part of the company's recent acquisition of CNT (Carbon NanoTube) See nanotube. . Under terms of the agreement, Solectron (solectron.com) assumes all manufacturing-related assets, equipment and employees associated with the facility. McDATA currently outsources manufacturing of both its Sphereon and Eclipse product lines to Solectron. Edited by Mike Buetow |
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