The FlexLink office in Shanghai, China has received orders to supply flexible packaging lines for mobile phones to a global manufacturer's site in the Shanghai region. Following successful prototype development and trials in February, four more lines will be taken into operation later this year. The total order value exceeds 1.9 million Euro.

The lines are designed as dynamic buffers for the assembled phones, the peripheral components and the packaging material, serving the operators. Several types of FlexLink conveyors are included as well as check weighing and marking equipment. The prototype development is a joint effort between the customer's process engineers and the FlexLink team of experts in Shanghai. The customer chose FlexLink as the supplier after being presented with an innovative solution developed by local expertise.

"This is a breakthrough order for us. We are supplying a large order to a world-leading company for which we are building a turnkey installation in China, " says Fredrik Jönsson, CEO, FlexLink.

The new equipment gives an automated material flow in the packaging process, which leads to major productivity improvements. Eric Wang, responsible for FlexLink in China adds: "The customer has bought equipment that gives 100% capacity increase, higher product quality, a reduced amount of work in process and a clear process sequence, compared to a standard factory layout." 

FlexLink started in 1980 and is a leading global supplier of innovative automation solutions to assembly and manufacturing industries. FlexLink, based in Göteborg, Sweden employs 550 people in 20 companies and is represented in 50 countries. In 2001, group turnover was 139 million Euro. 

Göteborg, May 30, 2002
FlexLink AB 

For further information, please contact:
Fredrik Jönsson
CEO
+46-31-337 1626
+46-705-17 1626

Mats Nilsson
Corporate Communication
+46-31-337 1220
+46-703-77 1220

FlexLink AB, 415 50 Göteborg. 
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