primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message insurance former type contract manufacturer traded as nasdaq helsinki elqav industry ems founded 1984 1 defunct 2011 headquarters luxembourg 2 key people jouni hartikainen ceo website www.elcoteq.com elcoteq se was a finnish 3 consumer electronics contract manufacturer 4 ems 4 and odm 5 company headquartered in luxembourg . 2 the company filed for bankruptcy protection in luxembourg on october 6 2011 . 6 it was a manufacturer of the blackberry and also performed repair and refurbishment services . 7 contents 1 history 1.1 production base expansion 1.2 name 2 clients 3 production bases 4 references 5 external links history edit founded in 1984 as a microelectronics unit of the lohja corporation 1 the company became independent in an early 1990s management buyout . 8 elcoteq made an ipo on the helsinki stock exchange in november 1997 . 9 it manufactured the ill fated microsoft kin for sharp corporation in the late 2000s . 10 on october 6 2011 elcoteq filed for bankruptcy in luxembourg . 11 the loss of a major client nokia to asian sourcing outfits 12 may have been a contributing cause . citation needed production base expansion edit its original production base was in lohja finland 13 and in 1992 it established an estonian base . 13 by 1999 had expanded production to include non european bases too . 14 name edit 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 . 8 clients edit the first elcoteq customers were ericsson and nokia . 1 other clients have included aastra ascom eads 15 funai 16 huawei 15 humax 15 marconi electronic systems 17 nokia siemens networks 15 philips 18 research in motion 5 sharp corporation 10 siemens 17 sony ericsson 18 swissvoice tellabs 17 thomson sa 18 production bases edit elcoteq has had production bases in brazil china estonia india hungary romania and mexico . 19 references edit a b c history the early years ; 1984 1990 elcoteq official site a b history decision on the new domicile elcoteq official site update 2 elcoteq expects turn around soon shares up reuters.com wed apr 23 2008 8 40am edt a b about us elcoteq official site a b history 2004 ; further focusing and expansion of operations elcoteq official site elcoteq network s.a. files for bankruptcy parent to continue controlled management process elcoteq official site ams business segment after market services elcoteq official site a b history going it alone ; 1990 1991 elcoteq official site history investors convinced the company goes public in 1997 elcoteq official site a b update 1 elcoteq says kin rollback does not change guidance reuters.com thu jul 1 2010 11 42am edt history elcoteq se files for bankruptcy elcoteq official site ando ritsuko may 18 2012 . nokia s woes cast doubt over finnish model . reuters.com . thompson reuters . retrieved october 1 2012 . a b history rapid entrepreneurial development ; 1992 1997 elcoteq official site history international expansion ; 1998 2000 elcoteq official site a b c d market information elcoteq official site history service offering expands elcoteq official site a b c history new customers elcoteq official site a b c history more challenges in 2007 elcoteq official site global service network elcoteq official site external links edit official website companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title elcoteq & oldid 714834856 categories electronics companies of finlandhidden categories articles lacking reliable references from september 2012all articles lacking reliable referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages eestibahasa indonesialatvie urom n suomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 12 april 2016 at 03 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view