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Multek Enhances Touch Screen Solution Through Sensitive Object Strategic Alliance

21/07/2009

SHENZHEN, China, July 21 - Multek, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Flextronics (Nasdaq: FLEX), today announced that it has partnered with Sensitive Object, a leading provider of technologies for user interface solutions, to significantly enhance Multek's touch panel solution for its partners and OEM customers. As part of the agreement, Sensitive Object will provide product engineering and customization services to Multek, along with production and development support for OEMs in markets such as mobile, computing, industrial and consumer devices and for products including kiosks and laptops.

This alliance substantially broadens Multek's existing LCD display offering which presently supports customers through facilities located in China and Malaysia. Multek's solution will now include Sensitive Object's intellectual property in acoustical touch screen technology. This partnership also improves Multek's low-cost vertical integration capabilities and leverages its patent-pending capacitance technology for touch screen materials that is already utilized by multiple OEM customers.

"By integrating Sensitive Object's attractive, disruptive technology with our current expertise and production services in this area, Multek will provide a solutions platform to enable generations of touch panel products," said Werner Widmann, chief executive officer and president of Multek. "Sensitive Object's unique technology matches our aggressive requirement to develop cutting-edge touch panel technologies and we are eager to begin working with the Sensitive Object team and look forward to providing OEMs with our enhanced touch panel solution."

"Multek is the most logical partner for our solution, considering the level of complementary, existing capabilities the organization currently offers and the roster of world-leading OEM customers onboard with Flextronics," said Herve Martin, chief executive officer of Sensitive Object. "We could not be more pleased with this partnership, as Multek - and Flextronics - are clearly among the world's most competitive providers of touch screen solutions for a variety of OEM requirements."

About Multek
Multek, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Flextronics, is a leading manufacturer of PCB and display technologies. Ranked as one of the world's top ten PCB suppliers, Multek offers a broad spectrum of engineering and manufacturing expertise including rigid and flexible circuits, assembly, specialty materials as well as display and touch solutions. Multek's commitment to rapid response, attention to detail and to delivering high technology solutions for fabrication, electronics design and manufacturing enables customers to take products to market quickly through advanced technology production and a full range of high performance materials. Multek offers solutions from a global network of facilities in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. To view additional company information, please visit www.multek.com.

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