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Contract manufacturers head to Vietnam

 
For years, electronics contract manufacturers have flocked to Chinese cities including Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi and Beijing to maximise their revenues and minimize their costs.

Accordingly, iSuppli Corp. projects that 52.4 per cent of all contract-manufacturing revenues were generated by companies operating in China, including Foxconn, Flextronics, Quanta and Compal.

However, a new hot spot has emerged in electronics manufacturing: south-east Asia, namely Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and — most prominently — Vietnam.
Tuesday 24 July, 2007 09:59 AM
 
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