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To: Patrick E.McDaniel who wrote (157503)	5/31/2000 9:32:00 AM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176388

Morning Pat: I believe the true vision of Dell entails the the challenge of opening new facilities in exotic countries like China and Brazil. chinavista.com In order to get right to work in China, Dell took advantage of the free trade zone in Ziamen with all the advantages set forth in the URL. I believe the first plant in Xiamen had around 300 employees, and the second plant also 300 (pure guesswork) So to quadruple would require around 2400 and we are getting in range of the 3500 now at Nashville. But Xiamen is very small, does not have the sq miles to work with like Nashville does. So the output of the Xiamen will approach $2.4 bil/yr when expanded. That would be very big for Xiamen ! They may have to dredge the ocean, add to the island, to accomodate more Dell plants. Its the "DELL effect" at work all over again. I hope they like jobs, secure income, and progress over in China because thats what they will be getting. Sig

To: Patrick E.McDaniel who wrote (157503)	5/31/2000 11:42:00 AM
From: kemble s. matter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176388

Patrick, Hi!! RE: HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dell Computer Corp (4331.HK), the world's second largest personal computer maker, said on Wednesday it was focusing on the Asia Pacific region which was its fastest growing market. ``It think this region is very quickly trying to capitalize on the technology and the productivity advantages of computing devices,'' Donald Collis, vice president in investor relations at Dell, told Reuters in an interview. He said the trend was generating business potential for Dell, which provides computer products and services. Fastest Growing Region ``This is our fastest growing region. Last quarter it grew 47 percent in terms of revenue year over year. In China itself, it almost doubled. so this is a very key market for us,'' he added. ``We have only about four percent market share across all the Asia Pacific -- so a huge amount of opportunity,'' Collis said. Dell is running business in 38 countries across Asia. Collis said China was probably the company's fastest growing market in the region. ``It is very Internet savvy,'' he said. The vice president said Dell was expanding its manufacturing facility in southern China's Xiamen with a view to quadrupling its capacity. He said ``hundreds of people'' would be added eventually to the factory, which serves both the mainland Chinese and Hong Kong markets. Collis gave no investment value or time frame. Gotta think that the direct model is winning there also... Thanks... Best, Kemble