[7][8] Founded in 1966 in the Detroit area, Jabil initially focused on circuit board assembly production and repair for Control Data Systems.

[5] A year later, the company started volume production of circuit boards with manual surface-mount technology (SMT) processes.

[5] Towards the end of the 1980s, Jabil adopted the automated tape-automated bonding (TAB) process for circuit board production.

[5] In April 1993, Jabil became a publicly traded company, listing its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.

[15] In 2017, Jabil announced that it would be closing its first European international plant in Livingston, United Kingdom, by the end of the year.

[16] Jabil laid off approximately 400 people in September 2016, 100 of those being corporate employees located in St. Petersburg Florida.

Following Wilson's leave, which began on April 15, CFO Michael Dastoor was appointed as interim CEO by the board of directors.

Their acquisitions have expanded their presence in countries such as China, Mexico, India, Spain, the Netherlands and Russia.

[44][45] In the same year, the company acquired Plasticos Castella, a Spain-based food and consumer packaging manufacturer.