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TORONTO -- Research in Motion is considering outsourcing production to companies in the Pacific Rim, according to published reports.
DigiTimes is reporting RIM vice president for Asia-Pacific Norm Lo as saying RIM's leading position in the fast-growing smartphone market is behind the company's continued outsourcing.
RIM currently outsources some product build to Elcoteq, and according to DigiTimes sources also contracts with Huizho, China-based TCL, a $5.8 billion ODM that is also a business partner of Alcatel, Toshiba, Thomson and Philips Electronics.
TAIPEI -- Rumors are once again abounding that Foxconn Electronics is in talks to acquire Pegatron Technologies, the manufacturing arm of Asustek.
According to the reports, any deal would call for Foxconn to cede its retail and channel business in order to acquire Pegatron, the $9 billion contract assembly arm of Asustek.
There is tremendous overlap between Foxconn and Pegatron, from the respective company's manufacturing locations (Shenzhen; Shanghai; Taipei, Juarez, Mexico; and Czech Republic) to their top customers (HP).
The WEV offers state-of-the-art infrastructure, meeting facilities, accessibility and hotel support, Reed Exhibitions asserted in a press release. The current site, the Everbright Convention and Exhibition Center, has been criticized for its electrical and dimensional liabilities and a lack of nearby hotels.
The show remains one of the largest for electronics manufacturing in the world, with an estimated 16,000 attendees.
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