DZS Chooses Jabil Inc. to Expand Manufacturing Footprint
October 28, 2021 at 09:01 am EDT
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DZS announced an agreement with Jabil Inc. to significantly expand its manufacturing services in support of the fast-growing demand for DZS broadband access, mobile transport and connected premises equipment solutions globally. This expansion will further the company?s manufacturing footprint and improve economies of scale. With premier facilities in Vietnam, Malaysia, Ukraine, Hungary, Brazil, the U.S. and Mexico, Jabil?s global manufacturing presence gives DZS the capability to ?build anything anywhere? in response to customer demand or to mitigate the supply chain impacts of unforeseen world events. This flexible manufacturing strategy is augmented by DZS? own significant production line investments at the company?s U.S.-based facility in Seminole, Florida, to support world-class quality and standards. Prior to this expansion, Jabil had been manufacturing elements of the DZS O-Series carrier-grade optical products for the network edge, featuring 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps) and above capacity, and environmentally hardened Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) coherent optics in its Penang, Malaysia facility.
Jabil Inc. specializes in electronic outsourcing services. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- development of engineering solutions and services in the field of materials technology (51.7%): engineering, machining and manufacturing solutions for products made of plastics, metals, fibers and glass, and composite materials, etc. for consumer electronics, wearable technology, aeronautics, defense, health, mobility and packaging industries;
- design, engineering, mass production and assembly of electronic systems and subsystems (48.3%): for the automotive, transportation, heavy equipment, computer, home automation, energy, telecommunications, networking, distribution and printing industries. The group also offers 3D printing, prototyping and testing services, as well as supply chain management solutions and services.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (14.2%), Singapore (21.3%), Mexico (17.5%), China (16.9%), Malaysia (8%), India (4.6%) and other (17.5%).
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