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SMTC Signs Supply Agreement With Xplore Technologies
7/27/01
SMTC CORP ("SMX-T;SMTX-Q") XPLORE TECHNOLOGIES INC ("XPL-T;XLRTF-0") - SMTC Signs Supply Agreement With Xplore Technologies
SMTC Corporation announced that it has signed a supply agreement with Xplore Technologies(R) to provide electronic manufacturing services for the company's rugged mobile computing systems.
SMTC will provide high volume system level assembly, test services and supply chain management from its 190,000 square foot facility which opened earlier this year in Austin, Texas.
Xplore is a leader in the rugged pen-based mobile wireless computing industry and provides technology solutions in diverse and growing markets including law enforcement, warehousing (retail/distribution), field service and marine. Xplore has operations in Austin, Texas, Toronto, Canada, Helsinki, Finland and has selected SMTC for its local facility and global presence.
Richard Perley, Senior VP at Xplore Technologies, says, "With demand for our technology growing rapidly, including a $300M purchase agreement recently signed with EMAAR Properties, we felt it was important to partner with a leading manufacturer. Our customers expect the highest quality and reliability in our products and therefore Xplore requires a manufacturer with a proven track record and expanding volume capabilities which we have found with SMTC."
"We are pleased to partner with Xplore Technologies as their sole manufacturing services provider. Xplore is well positioned in this developing industry and we look forward to playing an important role in helping them meet customer demands. We have successfully launched this program in our new facility and are confident that this will be a successful and long term partnership." said Paul Walker, SMTC President and CEO.
About SMTC Corporation
SMTC Corporation is a leading global provider of advanced electronic manufacturing services to the technology industry. The Company's electronics manufacturing and technology centers are located in Appleton-Wisconsin, Austin-Texas, Boston-Massachusetts, Charlotte-North Carolina, San Jose-California, Toronto-Canada, Cork and Donegal-Ireland and Chihuahua-Mexico. SMTC offers technology companies and electronics OEMs a full range of value-added services including product design, procurement, prototyping, printed circuit assembly, advanced cable and harness interconnect, high precision enclosures, system integration and test, comprehensive supply chain management, packaging, global distribution and after-sales support. SMTC supports the needs of a diversified OEM customer base primarily within the networking, communications and computing markets. SMTC is a public company incorporated in Delaware with its shares traded on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol SMTX and on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol SMX.
About Xplore Technologies(R)
Xplore Technologies, founded in 1996, is an innovative leader in the rugged pen-based mobile wireless computing industry. Xplore, which is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TSE:XPL, has offices in Austin Texas, Toronto Canada, and Helsinki Finland. Its rugged GeneSys(R) and Ramline(R) systems incorporate leading-edge technology, created based on years of customer design input. Xplore's diverse customer base comes from the public safety, retail and wholesale warehousing, utility, military, field service, marine and transportation industries. For more information, visit www.xploretech.com.