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Manufacturer's Services Ltd. outsources and reaps savings: contract electronic equipment...

By Pallatto, John
Publication: Internet World
Date: Thursday, August 1 2002

MANUFACTURER'S SERVICES LTD. IS ONE OF THE largest electronic equipment production outsourcing companies in the world, with a customer roster that includes IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Honeywell, and 3Com.

But with the prolonged computer industry slump putting pressure on profit margins and order volume, the company has itself turned to outsourcing to keep a lid on its IT administration costs.

The publicly traded company has 11 plants in the U.S., Europe, and Asia that together can handle all phases of the design and production of printed circuit boards and system a

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