Manufacturing Powerhouses Lined Up to Produce Xbox 360

Microsoft announced today that Celestica, Flextronics, and Wistron will produce the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system. Microsoft's highly anticipated next-generation platform remains on track for a global launch this holiday season in North America, Europe, and Japan.

"It's an honor to have the expertise and support of three of the world's best-in-class manufacturing companies as we move into the next generation with Xbox 360," says Todd Holmdahl, Corporate Vice President of the Xbox Product Group. "With three contract manufacturers on board, we're poised to have the flexibility and efficiencies we need to keep up with the consumer demand for the world's most powerful next-generation platform."

Flextronics and Wistron are existing partners from the original Xbox video game console, while the relationship between Celestica and Microsoft is newly formed. All three plants are located in the Pearl River Delta region in southern China.