Enics is an Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider that specializes in industrial electronics. Enics is headquartered in

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and employs over 3,000 people in 8 manufacturing plants in

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and

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. Enics provides development, support, prototyping, industrialization, manufacturing, product care, spare part production, and repair and maintenance services for the entire life-cycle of its customers’ products. Enics is ranked number 30 on ''Manufacturing Market Insider's'' list of the top 50 EMS providers in the world. and is considered one of the largest EMS providers in Europe. Enics has been a member of the

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since December 2011^. Enics offers the following services: Engineering (electronics design support, NPI, fast prototyping,

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, test system development), manufacturing (PCB assembly, box build and system assembly, low-volume production,

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services), life extension (component and product care, test system maintenance), after sales (spare parts production, electronics repair,

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, recycling services), and

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(sourcing, optimization of supply chain, delivery flexibility).

Operations/Locations

Enics has 7 production plants in: * China (

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and

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) * Malaysia (

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) * Estonia (

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) * Finland (

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) * Slovakia (

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) * Sweden (

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)

History

Enics was formed in 2004 as a result of a management buyout of

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's Industrial Electronics Division. During that same year the company started a new production plant in Elva, located in Southern

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, where Enics is the largest employer. In 2005 Enics acquired Altronix, a part of

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’ operations, 2

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plants in

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, Enermet's Jyskä's operations in

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, and assets from Elcoteq in

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. In 2006 Enics’

facility was officially inaugurated, the 3rd extension in Enics Estonia was completed, and the takeover of activities from ABB

was finished. Enics acquired assets in

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in 2007. In February 2008 the company established the Enics

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Sourcing Office and one year later, in February 2009, it acquired the Industrial Electronics Service Unit from Sweco, Finland. In November 2011 Enics signed an agreement for a new facility in

, China which began operations in May 2012. In June 2020 Enics announced and began construction of a new manufacturing site in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, that started production in early 2021. On June 22, 2022, Enics announced they would be merging with another equally sized European electronics manufacturing services provider, GPV. The new combined company will be one of Europe's largest EMS companies with 7,500 employees and a revenue of more than 941 million euros. The merger is subject to regulatory review.

Structure

Enics is a group of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) companies; Enics AG is the parent company of the Enics Group and it owns 100% of its subsidiaries Enics Schweiz AG, Enics Finland Oy, Enics Sweden AB, Enics Eesti AS, Enics Electronics (Beijing) Ltd, Enics Slovakia s.r.o., Enics Hong Kong Ltd, Enics Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd, Enics Malaysia SDN. BHD. and Enics Raahe Oy, together with its wholly owned subsidiary EKC Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. The main owner of the company is Ahlström Capita.

Awards

Enics’ subsidiary, Enics Eesti, AS, received an award level in the Estonian Sustainable Business Index in 2007 and 2009. The Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia recognized Enics Eesti as the most education friendly organization of the year in 2014

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References

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