DETROIT – Flextronics  has opened a facility here to provide electronics design and related services to the automotive industry.

The electronics manufacturer’s team is collaborating with The Detroit Big Three and partnering with OEM customers and partners, the firm says. Services include product design and development, engineering, validation testing, development garage, prototyping and quality engineering.

"We are thrilled to bring our established innovation and smart, connected technology applications and expertise to our new facility adjacent to Detroit," said Chris Obey, president of Flextronics Automotive. "Flextronics is uniquely positioned to help OEMs as they move from the Information Age into the Intelligence Age with advanced technologies and embedded sensors, software, processing, and connectivity with other devices and the cloud that are enabling entirely new functionality and more applications in the marketplace than ever before."

Automotive products are part of the EMS company's Industrial, Medical and Automotive group, which makes up about 30% of the company's revenue.

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