ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics' top executive says the EMS company sees a "disconnect" between market reports and actual customer demand. 

Chief executive and president Gayla Delly says there's a difference between what the firm is "seeing from customers and their behaviors as opposed to what you read in the newspaper."

"The news has probably all a little bit alarmed by the micro environment, but I don't see that manifesting itself in actions and behaviors in our customers. I'm not saying that the macro can't change behaviors or not saying that it can't change very quickly, but we have not seen that."

Benchmark is coming off a strong quarter in which it saw computing, industrial, medical and telecom sectors grow in the double-digits year-over-year. 

The firm expects stable demand in the current quarter for computing, industrial controls and medical, while telecom will slow temporarily followed by increasing demand in 2015. Test and instrumentation will be up slightly over lower third-quarter levels, the company added.

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