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Top 50 EMS Providers Enjoyed Above Average Growth in 2006
Written by Tracy Heffner
Tuesday, 17 April 2007
BURLINGTON, VT – Manufacturing Market Insider, a newsletter specializing in the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry, has released its annual MMI Top 50 list of the world's largest EMS providers. For the third year in a row, Top 50 growth exceeded 15% with a 2006 increase of 18.4%. Top 50 sales in 2006 totaled $129.2 billion, a new high.
"Top 50 growth last year was above what would normally be considered an average year for the EMS industry. That's a tribute to the power of outsourcing,” said John Tuck, editor and publisher of Manufacturing Market Insider. “But without the estimated contribution of the largest provider, Hon Hai, growth would have dropped to a more ordinary 11.6%.”
The minimum sales required to make the Top 50 also increased as the cutoff point went above $200 million for the first time. To join the 2006 Top 50, an EMS provider needed sales of at least $213 million.
MMI Top 50 providers were ranked based on 2006 sales in U.S. dollars. In order, the top five were Hon Hai, Flextronics, Solectron, Jabil Circuit and Sanmina-SCI. A top-ten ranking required $1.97 billion in revenue.
In addition to ranking providers by 2006 sales, MMI Top 50 listings include sales growth, number of employees, number of plants, facility space, space in low-cost regions, number of SMT lines and customer data. This special section was published in the March 2007 edition of MMI.
Founded in 1991, Manufacturing Market Insider is a newsletter providing dedicated monthly coverage of the EMS industry. It is available in both printed and electronic form.
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