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Swedish EMS Provider NOTE Wins Big Deal
June 17, 2020 | NOTEEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
NOTE has a strong and diversified customer base with both established industrial companies and companies in new fast-growing application areas. Demand for high-tech measuring equipment from one of NOTE's major international industrial customers notes a record growth. In order to cope with the strong increase in volume, NOTE has been appointed as a manufacturing partner of electronics. The new extended cooperation is estimated to amount to at least SEK 100 million during the first twelve months. Batch production will start during the third quarter and is expected to rise quickly in high volumes.
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