Solectron Corporation was a global electronics manufacturing company for original equipment manufacturers . It pioneered the electronics manufacturing services industry in 1977 and was a leader in the field. Solectron's first customer designed and distributed an electronic controller for solar energy equipment, hence the name — "Solectron" is derived from combining the words "solar" and "electronics". The company was acquired by Flextronics International, Ltd. on October 15, 2007. Solectron was established in 1977 to provide outsourced manufacturing services to third parties.... Solectron founder Roy Kusumoto saw a larger opportunity emerging from the growing number of electronics companies in California's Silicon Valley. There was a need to provide printed circuit board assembly services — handling the manufacturing overflow from OEMs. Solectron recognized, early on, that when high-tech companies created innovative products, they had to produce and deliver those products much more quickly and efficiently than the competition. Solectron saw that its customers — OEMs — needed more than an extra pair of hands to assemble and manufacture printed circuit boards.
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