Profile: Viasystems Group Inc (VIAS.OQ)

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Viasystems Group, Inc. (Viasystems), incorporated in 1996, is a provider of multi-layer printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electromechanical solutions (E-M Solutions). The Company operates in two segments: Printed Circuit Boards, which includes its PCB products, and Assembly, which includes its E-M Solutions products and services. The Company’s products include a variety of commercial products, including automotive engine controls, hybrid converters, automotive electronics for navigation, safety, entertainment and anti-lock braking systems, telecommunications switching equipment, data networking equipment, computer storage equipment, electronic defense and aerospace systems, wind and solar energy applications and several other complex industrial, medical and technical instruments. The Company’s offerings of E-M Solutions services include component fabrication, component integration and final system assembly and testing. In June 2012, Viasystems acquired DDi Corp.

The Company is a supplier to approximately 800 original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, and contract electronic manufacturers, or CEMs, in numerous end markets. Its OEM customers include industry leaders such as Alcatel-Lucent, S.A., Autoliv, Inc., Robert Bosch GmbH, Ciena Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc., Continental AG, Ericsson AB, General Electric Company, Harris Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Motorola Solutions, Inc., NetApp, Inc., QLogic Corporation, Rockwell Automation, Inc., Rockwell Collins, Inc., TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. and Xyratex Ltd.

As of December 31, 2011, the Company had 10 manufacturing facilities, including two in the United States and eight located outside the United States. Its PCB products are produced in its two domestic facilities and four of its seven facilities in China. Its E-M Solutions products and services are provided from its other three facilities in China and one facility in Mexico. In addition to its manufacturing facilities, in order to support its customers’ local needs, it maintains engineering and customer service centers in Hong Kong, China, the Netherlands, England, Canada, Mexico and the United States.

PCBs provide the circuitry and mounting surfaces necessary to interconnect discrete electronic components, such as integrated circuits, capacitors and resistors. PCBs consist of a pattern of electrical circuitry fabricated on insulating material, through etching and electroplating processes that result in electrical interconnection among the components mounted onto them. E-M Solutions include a variety of products and services, primarily including assembly of backplanes and printed circuit boards, custom and standard metal enclosures, cabinets, racks and sub-racks, bus bar products, systems integration, final assembly, product testing and fulfillment.

The Company competes with Compeq Manufacturing Co. Ltd., DDi Corp., Flextronics Corporation, Gold Circuit Electronics Ltd., Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd., LG Corp., Nanya Technology Corp., Sanmina-SCI Corp. and TTM Technologies, Inc.

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Viasystems Group Inc

Suite 1800, 101 South Hanley Roa
ST. LOUIS   MO   63105
P: +1314.7272087
F: +1314.7462233

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