Issue Three: September 2025

Welcome to the second quarter edition of Celestica Insights. In this issue, we’re excited to share a  look at our latest product releases, which are significantly advancing data center technology and supporting the era of AI and Machine Learning (ML). You’ll also gain insights into our capabilities, including Value Analysis Value Engineering, supply chain resiliency and accelerated HealthTech solutions. We invite you to explore these topics and share your feedback in the comments.  

Celestica Recognizes Outstanding Suppliers at its 2024 Supplier Appreciation Awards

Celestica celebrated its 2024 Supplier Appreciation Awards, honoring suppliers for their exceptional performance. Awards were given in areas such as quality, delivery, flexibility, sustainability, innovation, and technology leadership. As part of the event, we were proud to host a charity golf tournament. Alongside our valued suppliers, we raised $175,000 for Joshua’s Heart, a youth-run organization dedicated to empowering those in need to improve their quality of life by providing necessities like groceries and personal items. Learn more about this event. 

Celestica and VAVE: A Proven Approach to Product Improvement

Celestica’s Value Analysis Value Engineering (VAVE) approach is enhancing product competitiveness for our global customers.

The process of moving from prototype to production requires a careful balance between speed and meeting market entry requirements. The pressure to launch quickly can lead to design compromises that hurt product competitiveness and supply chain efficiency. In the drive to meet deadlines, companies may miss opportunities to fully realize cost reductions and maximize value. Discover more about VAVE including why it matters and challenges it can address.

Delivering Value: Why Enterprises are Embracing an Open Approach to Powering AI/ML Networking

Imagine a world where deploying cutting-edge AI isn't locked down by proprietary hardware and software, and where innovation flourishes through collaboration and choice. This isn't a futuristic fantasy; it's the promise of open networking in AI implementation. By breaking free from vendor lock-in and embracing open standards, enterprises can unlock unprecedented flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness in building and deploying AI solutions, paving the way for a more democratized and rapidly evolving AI landscape. Read more about our open approach to powering AI/ML networking. 

Designing Resilience into the Defense Supply Chain

Supply chain resilience is critical in every sector. Within the defense industry, when security is at stake, it’s second-to-none. Yet supply chains face constant disruptions from numerous factors such as geopolitical conflicts, technological advancements, parts obsolescence and shortages, cyber security threats, global economic shifts, extreme weather events and pandemics. Explore how to navigate obstacles in the defense supply chain.

Circular Economy Solutions for Hyperscalers: A Game Changer

Hyperscalers are large-scale data centers that provide scalable compute, storage, and network resources to users. The backbone of the digital world, hyperscalers have a crucial role to play in reducing environmental impact while maintaining operational efficiency.

As hyperscalers expand their operations to meet the growing demand for cloud computing, the environmental and financial costs of data center infrastructure are becoming increasingly significant. With rising emissions, growing energy consumption, and mounting e-waste, hyperscalers are embracing sustainable strategies to achieve net-zero goals and optimize operational efficiency. Discover how adopting circular economy solutions can change the way hyperscalers manage their IT infrastructure. 

Introducing the ES1500 - Celestica’s Newest Campus Access Switch

For IT managers navigating the complexities of modern enterprise edge locations, the foundational role of campus access switches often brings a unique set of challenges. As organizations embrace digital transformation, IoT, and remote environments, the demands placed on these critical network components escalate, leading to concerns around cost, reliability, and performance. Balancing the need for robust, high-speed connectivity with tight budgetary constraints, while ensuring uninterrupted service and optimal user experience, has become a perpetual tightrope walk for IT teams.

Learn more about the ES1500 - Cost-effective, scalable access switch in a 1U form factor.

HealthTech Talks

Celestica's HealthTech Talks is a curated series of blog posts from Celestica's global Healthtech experts. These articles explore how advanced manufacturing, engineering ingenuity, and a relentless focus on quality can help leading medical device manufacturers reduce costs, accelerate time-to-market and deliver uncompromising quality for life-saving healthcare products. Learn more: 

Uncompromising Quality for Medical Devices Manufacturing HealthTech Talks: Building the Future Today in Healthcare Engineering HealthTech Talks: Global Access to Life-Changing Medical Technology HealthTech Talks: Reducing Costs for Healthcare OEMs

Celestica Achieves Key Milestones in Market Share and Growth for Data Center Switching 

According to recent Dell’Oro analyst reports, Celestica is leading in market share and tracking momentum growth in the AI-backend Ethernet switching data center market. Celestica is enabling the rapid transition to 800GbE fabrics in AI data centers and customers are responding to our strategy of an open, high-performance-based approach. Learn more about our industry leading results. 

Celestica’s Next-Gen Storage Controller: The SC6110 – Tackles Enterprise Data Challenges

In today's enterprise data centers, data storage faces immense challenges. Organizations struggle with achieving lightning-fast performance, supporting AI infrastructure, and managing costs. The relentless growth of data demands robust redundancy, easier scalability, and unwavering enterprise-grade reliability. To address these critical issues head-on, we're excited to introduce our SC6110 storage controller.

Optimizing Products with VAVE: A Collaborative Approach to Value Engineering and Cost Reduction

Celestica’s Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE) solutions offer customers a competitive advantage.

A growing number of OEMs are using Celestica’s VAVE approach to optimize products by lowering costs and maximizing value. We spoke with Ed Stodola, Global Commercialization Solutions Lead, and Ken Meyer, Director of VAVE, read the full interview to learn more.

Thank you for reading our Q2 highlights. We hope you found these insights valuable. Please share your comments below and follow along for more issues to come!