BURLINGTON, VT -- The 50 largest EMS companies topped $100 billion in sales for the first time, accounting for 2005 revenue of $109.2 billion.

Combined sales for top 50 companies grew 14.4% in 2005. Growth was heavily influenced by the estimated results of Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn);  without Hon Hai, the remaining 49 providers produced an aggregate growth of 3.1%.
The results were reported in Manufacturing Market Insider's annual list of the world’s largest EMS providers.

“You can interpret the data in two ways," said John Tuck, editor and publisher of MMI. "In one sense, growth of 14-plus percent for the top 50 points to a continued increase in the practice of outsourcing. But the group’s lackluster growth with Hon Hai excluded shows that 2005 was a disappointing year for some large EMS companies."

The EMS providers were ranked based on 2005 sales in U.S. dollars. In order, the top five were Hon Hai, Flextronics, Sanmina-SCI, Solectron and Celestica. Sales of $1.61 billion and $183 million were needed to crack the top 10 and top 50, respectively.

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