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Article: Contract manufacturers merge and move. (contract manufacturing).(Brief Article)
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- Electronic Packaging & Production
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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Despite many orders being pushed out or cut back by OEM customers, EMS providers are still in a buying mode as they seek to expand service offerings and geographic reach. According to Technology Forecasters Inc. (TFI), a leading management consulting and market research firm in electronics manufacturing, between April and June alone, companies that generated revenues in 2000 of $500 million and greater have announced a total of 18 acquisitions.
Mergers and a matching service
EMS companies of all sizes look seriously at mergers and acquisitions. Even Comtel Holdings of Tustin, Calif., an EMS provider with revenue of less than $500 million, recently ...