Flextronics Selected By Aviage Systems To Manufacture Complex Avionics Products

SUZHOU, China, June 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Flextronics FLEX today announced that it has been selected by Aviage Systems to manufacture Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) cabinet units to support commercial aircraft programs in China. Aviage Systems is a joint venture between General Electric Company (GE) and Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), a leading provider of avionics systems and tier-1 supplier to China's first commercial aircraft, COMAC C919. 

Flextronics is providing supply chain solutions to Aviage Systems from its facility in Suzhou, China. The facility, which is AS9100C aerospace-certified, is equipped with a world-class lab and offers failure analysis, product qualification, test, and manufacturing design solutions for the aerospace industry. 

The IMA Cabinet is a key subassembly that forms the core avionics system of an aircraft, interconnecting flight controls with the plane's other subsystems. This complex product requires a vast range of components such as a high precision card cage, multiple backplanes and large cable assemblies, to name a few.

"We are very pleased to partner with Aviage Systems and contribute to this prestigious project," said Dan Ostrosky, Senior Vice President of Aerospace and Defense at Flextronics.

"Flextronics strives to continually provide our customers with value-added supply chain solutions that further increases its success such as manufacturing support for the next generation of commercial aircraft programs in China," he added.

Aviage Systems selected Flextronics Suzhou based on its robust supply chain solutions and strong expertise in providing a range of high reliability, quality and technical solutions for the aerospace and defense industry.

About Flextronics
Flextronics (Reg. No. 199002645H) is a leading end-to-end supply chain solutions company that delivers design, engineering, manufacturing and logistics services to a range of industries and end-markets, including data networking, telecom, enterprise computing and storage, industrial, capital equipment, appliances, automation, medical, automotive, aerospace and defense, energy, mobile, computing and other electronic product categories. Flextronics is an industry leader with $26 billion in sales, generated from helping customers design, build, ship, and service their products through an unparalleled network of facilities in approximately 30 countries and across four continents. Flextronics service offerings and vertically integrated component technologies optimize customer supply chains by lowering costs, increasing flexibility, and reducing time-to-market. For more information, visit www.flextronics.com or follow us on Twitter @flextronics.

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