TORONTO, July 20, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SMTC Corporation (Nasdaq:SMTX) (TSX:SMX) ("SMTC"), a global electronics manufacturing services provider, announced today it has been awarded a contract by Redline Communications (TSX:RDL) to manufacture their RDL-3000, a next generation, broadband wireless radio.
Redline Communications is an awarding-winning developer of advanced wireless broadband products and offers a diverse line of products to telecom service providers, governments, the energy sector and military organizations worldwide.
The RDL-3000 provides high capacity, secure, long range point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communications links; delivering a seamless wireless experience for complex applications such as high quality video surveillance, VoIP, business access, and data acquisition.
Through the agreement, SMTC will provide full product integration; including a range of complex turnkey services, including box level integration, functional test and global sourcing to reduce costs and design for manufacturing support.
"Redline Communications provides advanced broadband wireless products and services to more than 150,000 installations in over 100 countries," said Robert L. Williams, Senior Vice President of Operations, Redline Communications. "SMTC offers Redline the global resource capabilities, capacity and structured approach critical to our ability to deliver the very high quality products we are known for."
Since 2009, SMTC has manufactured Redline Communications' award-winning AN-80i broadband wireless radio at its Chihuahua, Mexico facility. SMTC's demonstrated expertise in technology and engineering, along with the ability to offer a low-cost manufacturing alternative positioned the company as an ideal candidate for the RDL-3000 project.
"Redline Communications is a significant customer for SMTC," commented Catherine Copplestone, Vice President and General Manager of SMTC Mexico. "Our expanded state-of-the-art electronics manufacturing capabilities make us a highly capable choice to produce the high-performance box build assemblies Redline requires for this demanding application. We are proud that we have been able to meet the exceptionally exacting requirements of Redline and look forward to our continued strategic partnership."
About SMTC Corporation: SMTC Corporation, founded in 1985, is a mid-size provider of end-to-end electronics manufacturing services (EMS) including PCBA production, systems integration and comprehensive testing services, enclosure fabrication, as well as product design, sustaining engineering and supply chain management services. SMTC facilities span a broad footprint in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and a partnering relationship in China, with more than 1,000 full-time employees. SMTC services extend over the entire electronic product life cycle from the development and introduction of new products through to the growth, maturity and end-of-life phases. SMTC offers fully integrated contract manufacturing services with a distinctive approach to global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and emerging technology companies primarily within industrial, computing and communication market segments.
SMTC is a public company incorporated in Delaware with its shares traded on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol SMTX and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol SMX. For further information on SMTC Corporation, please visit our website at www.smtc.com (http://www.smtc.com/)
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About Redline Communications: Redline Communications (www.rdlcom.com) manufactures powerful and versatile wireless broadband products used to cost-effectively deploy distributed applications and services. Municipalities use Redline products to quickly and easily deploy or extend their video surveillance networks; oil and gas companies to monitor how their oil wells are operating; service providers and enterprises to bring business grade access to buildings and to backhaul LTE and 4G networks; and the military to create secure networks in any location. For over 10 years, Redline has been delivering reliable wireless solutions with the strong combination of high capacity, speed, range and reliability. Redline products are marketed and supported locally through an exclusive network of value added resellers in the Americas, Mexico, the Middle East, and Africa.