TAIPEI -- Wistron, the Taiwan-based electronics
manufacturing services firm known for building Xbox consoles and notebook PCs, is considering building a plant in Eastern Europe, the company's chairman said in an interview.
Possible sites include the Czech Republic, Poland, and Romania, chairman Simon Lin said.
HONG KONG -- Nam Tai Electronics Inc., an electronics manufacturing services provider, reported fourth quarter net sales of $247 million, far surpassing the upper end of company guidance and up 62% over same period in 2004.
For the year, the company reported revenues of $797 million, up increase 49% over 2004 and exceeded our guidance of 30% to 35%. Operating income for 2005 was US$52.6 million, an increase of 21%.
It was the company's fifth consecutive record sales quarter and seventh straight
year of sales growth. Operating income rose for the fourth straight year.
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Sales of organic-based displays were $615 million last year, the firm says, about 24% of the total market. By 2011, the market will top $3 billion (29% share), BCC estimates, an AAGR of 30.8%.
Organic-based telecommunications and photonics materials were by far the largest market in 2005, accounting for about 75%, or $2 billion. By 2011, that segment will reach almost $7.5 billion, growing 24.9% annually.
Outside investors poured $4.9 billion into manufacturing facilites in Malaysia last year, the highest mark since 2001, according to the nation's trade ministry. Electrical and electronics products accounts for half the Southeast Asia nation's annual exports.
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