Flextronics Inaugurates Notebook Research and Development Facility in Banciao, Taiwan

Flextronics Inaugurates Notebook Research and Development Facility in Banciao,
Taiwan

SINGAPORE, July 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Flextronics (Nasdaq: FLEX) today
announced that it has launched a strategic facility in Banciao, Taiwan with
dedicated design, R&D and supporting services for notebook computers. This
new facility expands Flextronics' existing presence in Taiwan, where the
company currently has operations in Wugu and Chungli. Flextronics' Computing
Segment Design Center (CSDC), located in Wugu, focuses on original design
manufacturing and joint design manufacturing (ODM/JDM) products and services
for OEMs of servers, storage, desktops, and other computing-related products.
Flextronics' Computing Segment Notebook Center (CSNC), located in Banciao,
provides ODM/ JDM products and services for notebook OEMs. Taiwan serves as
the geographic hub for R&D capabilities for Flextronics' Computing segment
with expectations of employing over 1,500 engineers over the next few years.

"We are thrilled to formally announce and inaugurate our new Banciao, Taiwan
R&D headquarters for our notebook products. We chose to invest in Taiwan based
on the country's strong talent pipeline, computing industry focus, excellent
supply chain and solid reputation for ODM services," said Sean Burke,
president of Flextronics' Computing segment. "Establishing a strong computing
presence in Taiwan is a significant advantage for Flextronics and our
customers, where we already serve many leading brand name OEMs. I look forward
to further enhancing our customer offering for notebooks and to working with
local Flextronics' suppliers, employees and partners on many shared
successes."

Products designed in Flextronics' Taiwan facility will be manufactured by
Flextronics using its global scale, flexibility and footprint to accommodate
customer requirements around the world.

About Flextronics
Headquartered in Singapore (Singapore Reg. No. 199002645H), Flextronics is a
leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider focused on
delivering complete design, engineering and manufacturing services to
automotive, computing, consumer, industrial, infrastructure, medical and
mobile OEMs. With fiscal year 2009 revenues of US$30.9 billion, Flextronics
helps customers design, build, ship, and service electronics products through
a network of facilities in 30 countries on four continents. This global
presence provides design and engineering solutions that are combined with core
electronics manufacturing and logistics services, and vertically integrated
with components technologies, to optimize customer operations by lowering
costs and reducing time to market. For more information, please visit
www.flextronics.com.

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Renee Brotherton, Vice President, Corporate Communications, +1-408-576-7189,
renee.brotherton@flextronics.com, or Investor Relations, Warren Ligan, or
Cindy Klimstra, +1-408-576-7722, investor_relations@flextronics.com, or
Valerie Kurniawan, Senior Director, Flextronics Asia Communications,
65-97267681, valerie@sg.flextronics.com, all of Flextronics