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Article: Ties that bind: special report: top 100 contract manufacturers. (Industry Trend or Event)
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- August 1, 1998
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As outsourcing grows, contract manufacturers and OEMs no longer operate at arm's length. Now they're dancing cheek to cheek
For most of its 18 years, Micro Industries Corp. found reason to avoid becoming a contract manufacturer (CM). "It wasn't highly respected," explains CEO Michael Curran. The Westerville, OH, engineering firm was content to design circuit boards and other electronic innards for products made by General Motors, Eastman Kodak, Unisys and others, then let the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) build the parts. Now, Micro has four circuit board assembly lines and anticipates adding a new line every nine months.
Micro illustrates just ...