SAN JOSE, Oct. 1 - Flextronics was the world's largest EMS firm in 2003, with revenues of $13.8 billion, Reed Research Group said today.

Solectron was number two at 11.1 billion, followed by Sanmina-SCI($10.8 billion), Celestica ($6.7 billion) and Jabil Circuit ($5.2 billion).

The rest of the top 10 were: Finland-based Elcoteq ($2.8 billion), Venture of Singapore ($1.9 billion), Benchmark Electronics ($1.8 billion), Taiwan's Universal Scientific Industrial ($1.2 billion) and Plexus (841 million).

No. 11 Manufacturers' Services Ltd. ($825 million) has since merged with Celestica. The complete list of the top 100 can be linked to at: www.reed-electronics.com/eb-mag/article/CA447588?nid=2017&rid=231544418.