Ross Manire will be appointed as the President of Flextronics Enclosures. Mr. Manire was previously CEO of Chatham Technologies, whose merger with Flextronics is now complete. Flextronics Enclosures will be able to provide industry leading custom systems and services to its global customers. Mr. Marks went on to explain that, in addition to Chatham Technologies, Flextronics is merging into the new business unit Flextronics' existing high-volume enclosure business, with factories in Texas, Taiwan and Thailand, and Lightning Metal Specialties, which has now been merged with Flextronics.
Lightning has high-volume operations in Chicago, Texas and Ireland.
Flextronics Enclosures offers its customers a comprehensive set of solutions for greater responsiveness and simplified logistics. With this combination of capabilities and resources, it is positioned to be a leading provider of fully integrated electronic packaging systems on a worldwide basis. Continue an aggressive growth pattern in meeting customers' electronics enclosure system needs. The acquisitions of Chatham Technologies and Lightning Metal Specialties establish the Flextronics Enclosures business unit as a leading global provider of integrated electronic packaging systems for the world's foremost electronics OEMs, communication service providers and emerging technology companies. Frank Dotzler, President of Lightning Metal Specialties, will have responsibility for Flextronics Enclosures' high-volume global operations.