Solectron

{{Short description|American electronics manufacturing company}}

{{primary sources|date=April 2013}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Solectron Corporation

| logo = Solectron logo.svg

| image = Solectron hq.JPG

| image_caption = Headquarters in Milpitas, California

| type = Public company

| traded_as = {{NYSE was|SLR}}

| fate = liquidated by Flextronics

| successor = Flex Ltd.

| foundation = 1977

| defunct = 2007

| industry = Electronics Manufacturing Services, product design and after sales services

| products = Consumer Electronics, Routers, Switches, TVs

| revenue = {{US$|10.56 billion|link=yes}} (2006)[https://web.archive.org/web/20070516212344/http://finance.google.com/finance?q=SLR SLR – Solitario Resources Corporation – Google Finance]

}}

Solectron Corporation was an American electronics manufacturing company for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Solectron's first customer designed and distributed an electronic controller for solar energy equipment. The name "Solectron" was a portmanteau of the words "solar" and "electronics".[http://www.transparentc.com Industrial Automation]

Solectron had sales of around $12 billion a year, and employed 70,000 people in 23 countries.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/151_globalgiants/page10.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424181535/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/151_globalgiants/page10.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-04-24|title=Solectron - The invisible multinational}} The company was acquired by Flex on October 15, 2007.