SINGAPORE -- Flextronics will develop a new facility in Wuzhong, China, to support growing domestic demand for computing products.

The site will include a design center and extended manufacturing capabilities in the Wuzhong Export Processing Zone (WEPZ). The design center will be completed by the end of 2009 and the manufacturing facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2010.

The company held a signing ceremony today with officials from the Suzhou Wuzhong Economic Development Zone and Jiangsu Wuzhong Export Processing Zone. 

Flextronics also has computing design centers in Shanghai and Wujiang (Suzhou). Wuzhong will be positioned as the company's main development center in China for computing products.

In a press release, Flextronics Computing president Sean Burke said, "We are pleased to announce this expansion and believe that Wuzhong is an excellent location based on its world-class infrastructure, supply chain ecosystem and close proximity to Suzhou's Higher Education Center, which has a reputation for excellent education programs and highly-skilled talent."

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