Elcoteq SE was a Finnish[1] consumer electronics contract manufacturer, EMS,[2] and ODM company headquartered in Luxembourg.[3] The company filed for bankruptcy protection in Luxembourg on October 6, 2011.[4]
It was a manufacturer of the BlackBerry and also performed repair and refurbishment services.[5]
Elcoteq made an IPO on the Helsinki Stock Exchange in November 1997.[7]
It manufactured the ill-fated Microsoft Kin for Sharp Corporation in the late 2000s.
On October 6, 2011, Elcoteq filed for bankruptcy in Luxembourg.[8] The loss of a major client, Nokia, to Asian sourcing outfits[9] may have been a contributing cause.
Its original production base was in Lohja, Finland, and in 1992 it established an Estonian base.[10] By 1999 had expanded production to include non-European bases, too.[11]
Representing electronics, contract manufacturing, and technology, Elcoteq was the company's second choice after Finnish regulators would not allow it to register the name Mikrotec.[12]
Elcoteq has had production bases in Brazil, China, Estonia, India, Hungary, Romania, and Mexico.[19]
