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Technology
The Technology Division offers complementary services to Wearnes’ clients, by providing manufacturing services and one-stop solutions.
Technology manufacturing is one of Wearnes’ strengths, represented largely by the success of the Flexible Printed Circuits business. Flexible Printed Circuits help achieve the desired size, shape, weight and functionality of an electronic device. They are used in a wide range of modern electronic devices including mobile phones and personal digital assistants, portable bar code scanners and medical sensors.
One of the keys to Wearnes’ success in the manufacturing of Flexible Printed Circuits lies in its superior technology and processes which allow for seamless integrated manufacturing for customers.
In technology solutions, Wearnes offers systems integration services for state-of-the-art, high technology content applications and solutions.
The Flexible Printed Circuits Group consists of Nasdaq-listed Multi-Fineline Electronix (M-Flex) and Singapore mainboard-listed MFS Technology (MFS). They are major global players that specialise in the design and manufacture of Flexible Printed Circuits, as well as the related assembly for colour display modules in handsets and other devices.
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M-Flex
MFLEX (www.mflex.com) is a global provider of high-quality, technologically advanced flexible printed circuit and value-added component assembly solutions to the electronics industry. The Company is one of a limited number of manufacturers that provides a seamless, integrated end-to-end flexible printed circuit solution for customers, ranging from design and application engineering, prototyping and high-volume manufacturing to turnkey component assembly and testing.
The Company targets its solutions within the electronics market and, in particular, focuses on applications where flexible printed circuits are the enabling technology in achieving a desired size, shape, weight or functionality of an electronic device. Current applications for the Company's products include mobile phones and smart mobile devices, computer/data storage, portable bar code scanners and other handheld consumer electronic devices. MFLEX’s common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol MFLX.
In 2005, MFLEX was named by international business magazine Business Week as one of the “100 Best Small Companies” in the United States. The nomination was based on the company’s three-year results in sales growth, earnings growth and return on invested capital. In September, MFLEX was ranked 35th in FORTUNE Magazine’s “Top 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in the World”, based on revenue growth rate, earnings per share growth rate and a three-year annualised total return.
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MFS
MFS provides its customers with one-stop design and build services across the telecommunication, computer and electronics industries.Specifically, the company has the complete design and engineering fabrication capabilities to produce a wide-range of flexible circuits and rigid printed circuit boards – these include single-sided, multi-layer and rigid-flex printed circuits.
It also has the capability to manufacture smaller and finer resolution parts – such as ball-grid arrays, flip-chips and chip-scale packages – that can accommodate advanced semiconductor technologies.
With an established global network and diversified customer base, MFS works closely with its major clients from the early stages to plan and co-develop FPC solutions for applications in products such as wireless handsets, small to mid-range LCD products, optical pick-up units and storage devices. MFS has manufacturing facilities in Singapore, Malaysia and China and offers customers cost-effective solutions.
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Wearnes started its Precision Engineering operations in 1984. A leader in the region, it specialises in aluminum die-casting, extrusion and precision machining for personal computers, electronics and automobile industries, with supporting processes in electro-deposit paint, powder coat and chemical treatment.
Its ISO 9001:2000, ISO/TS 16949 and ISO 14001:1996 certified factories in China support top-tier Original Equipment Manufacturers customers in the hard disk drive, computer and automotive industries.
The operations offer a one-stop solution for customers that require end-to-end supply chain solutions. The Shenyang plant is the largest precision manufacturing and die-casting facility in China’s Liaoning province. The growing Chinese automotive market and the push by multi-nationals to use low-cost countries for parts manufacturing will create greater demand for Wearnes' products and services.
The group’s clients include companies in the United States and Europe such as Bosch and Valeo in the telecommunication, high-end audio (professional and automotive), instrumentation, medical and industrial products (power inverters and compressors) industries
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With plants strategically located in Malaysia and China, Wearnes’ Electronic Manufacturing Services provides global customers with innovative turnkey manufacturing and supply chain solutions for the automotive, computer and electronic industries. It also provides key manufacturing services for major Original Equipment Manufacturers customers.
Manufacturing Capabilities
- Complete box build capability including sheet metal enclosures, plastic enclosures, software configuration and programming, packaging and shipment, and through hole automatic and manual insertion
- SMT placement including 12 mil fine pitch QFP, BGA, Micro BGA, Chip Scale Packages and 0402 placement
- In house X-ray and fine pitch inspection equipment
- Functional and in-circuit testing
Support Capabilities and Services
- ISO-9001-2000 Certified
- Workmanship per IPC-610C
- Fast response production planning
- Integrated supply chain planning
- Structured product introduction process
- Closed Loop Corrective Action System
- Complete ESD Control
- Real time data collection and monitoring
- Mechanical Design Services
- Design for Manufacturability Services
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