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.

By locating in Europe, Wistron would join other Taiwan-based EMS migrants such as Foxconn, Asustek, Quanta, Mitac, Inventec and Clevo (Inventec and Quanta have since closed their Eartern European plants). Other large EMS companies that operate plants in North America include Beijing Brio of China and IMI of the Philippines.

Wistron, a spinoff from the Acer Group, currently operates two plants in China, plus facilities in the Philippines and Houston.