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Flex is building a new 145,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility that will serve as the region’s strategic automotive manufacturing hub, dedicated to producing advanced electronic components that will accelerate the era of electric and autonomous vehicles.
In celebration of Pride Month, we’re highlighting the voices of our employees around the world and asking what Pride means to them. Meet Vidya Vijayragvan, who’s inspiring us by being her authentic self every day.
Congratulations Flex graduates! We are proud to share that 65 of our Flex employees have completed their Flex sponsored Professional Diploma in Management (PDIM). Separated into different batches, Batch 3 graduates had their shining moment in December 2021 and Batch 4 and 5 graduates had their rewarding convocation in May 2022. Gracing the stage in Dewan Sultan Iskandar, UTM Johor Bahru and looking smart in their graduation caps and gowns, our Flex employees received their graduation scroll in the company of loved ones, family and friends. Here’s to their amazing feat and to approaching career growth opportunities!
Today, the meaning of Only One Earth resonates with us all; working together to make transformative, global action to protect and restore our planet. With sustainability being part of our DNA here at Flex, that means we need to strive for continuous efforts on the local and global scale. To celebrate World Environment Day, we’re proud to highlight our locally-driven sustainability initiatives through the Flex Foundation and announce three earth day challenge winners across our regions that demonstrated innovative, scalable environmentally sustainable initiatives and strong employee involvement. In the Americas, Manuas-PCBA, Brazil, 93% of the site’s employees stepped up to volunteer, educate, and donate within the community. In Asia, our Chennai, India, teams waste and energy reduction efforts led the way to over 2 tonnes of waste being collected and over 1,037 kWH of energy being saved. And in Europe, our Timisoara, Romania, teams conservancy efforts to protect native bird populations was realized with planting over 130 native trees in the “agricultural desert.” Thank you to all.
“When we think about the social agenda here at Flex, we talk about it in terms of well-being; health and safety; diversity, equity and inclusion; labor practices; talent attraction; development and retention — essentially how we care for our people.” says Kyra Whitten, vice president, sustainability and president, Flex Foundation. In her latest article in GreenBiz Group, Kyra shares 5 best practices for incorporating DEI into your sustainability strategy.
In his latest blog, Paul Baldassari, EVP of worldwide operations, answers questions about technology and process innovation over the past two years and what the future looks like for manufacturers.
Flex India was declared runner-up in BW People Diversity & Inclusion Summit and Awards in the D&I pioneering initiative category. Flex was among the top 20 Diversity leads that were awarded which had over 100 nominations from leading companies from across India. The jury panel comprised leaders from IBM India, CSC India, Tech Mahindra, Randstad India etc. This recognition is a testimony of Flex’s DEI initiatives and all the passionate work carried out by our colleagues at our sites and the inclusive work culture at Flex. The award was received by Sandra Andrews, Sr. Director HR who also participated in a panel discussion on the topic: ‘Positioning diversity and inclusion as a key business strategy’.
“What I’m really proud of is that we’re really focused on our employees, and we make decisions based on what’s the right thing for our colleagues across the world,” says our CEO, Revathi Advaithi. Revathi touches on the human element of advanced manufacturing in the fourth industrial revolution, and the importance of putting employee safety first. Read the full story from The Edge Singapore
The main element of AMRs is it helps us with safety and ergonomics and also supporting our operations in Industry 4.0, where things are connected,” says Murad Kurwa, VP of advanced manufacturing engineering. Murad shares on Flex’s innovative use of AMRs in the latest from SME. Learn how we’re using advanced manufacturing technologies like autonomous mobile robots, to create a more productive factory of the future.
Throughout May, we proudly celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month by recognizing the contributions of our colleagues. We connected with Regina Mary Saurimuthu, a business systems analyst in Johor, Malaysia, who's technically-savvy and all about a culture of continuous learning. With a passion for the latest capabilities, like Digitization and Automation, Regina is helping transform processes critical to the future of advanced manufacturing here at Flex.
