Freescale's site in East Kilbride was established in 1969. The organisations based in East Kilbride include the European Microcontroller Solutions Group (MSG), the European Networking and Multimedia Group (NMG) and support organisations such as Finance, Human Resources, Quality, Supply Chain Operations, IT and Site Services.

The company has strong links and involvement with external business organisations and the local community through its University Relations Council, the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) and Scottish Enterprise. Freescale also operates a sales office in Aylesbury.