Solectron in partnership with Atek

Atek Medical, formerly Medtronics Cardiac Surgery, employs 245 and views the coalition with Solectron Corp.'s medical segment as a way to quickly tap a global market. "Most of the large medical-device companies need both things: those that are electronic in nature, and the disposable type of devices," said Christy Bieber Orris, chief executive of Atek Cos. "We're the first to come forward with this one-stop shop", he added.