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Technology Stocks : Deswell Industries (DSWL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ron Bower who wrote (577)	3/22/1998 10:30:00 PM
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All, I think I have found a US company for Deswell to buy. Carver Corp, (CAVR) <http://www.carver.com/>, the high-end US audio equipment manufacturer that has fallen on hard times. Market cap of CAVR is currently only $1 million (yes, that's not a typo). CAVR is about to be delisted from NASDAQ and may file for bankruptcy soon. I say Deswell and Behringer should set up a joint venture and each buy half. Deswell currently manufactures audio equipment for Behringer <http://www.behringer.de/>, though I believe it is more professional studio equipment rather then high-end home equipment. Still, the Behringer/Deswell combo should have the audio and manufacturing expertise to turn Carver around. Also, the owner of Behringer personally bought about 10% of Deswell stock from the Deswell managers, so they obviously can work closely together. Carver has a great brand name, known for quality products. Sales are declining, but seem to be around $10 million/year currently. CAVR apparently manufactures 50% of their products in the US, and is having trouble being supplied by outside suppliers. Deswell/Behringer could buy them, shut down US manufacturing, keep a small sales and and research/design staff here, move all their factory equipment to China (like HIHOF/Kienzle), and resume manufacturing in China, thereby boosting margins substantially. Or maybe Behringer alone should buy CAVR, and use DSWLF for manufacturing. Then DSWLF remains in the OEM business only. Note: I am not at all recommending purchase of CAVR stock at this time. In my above scenario, I would hope CAVR would actually file for bankruptcy, their common stock gets wiped out, and therefore Deswell/Behringer can pick up the assets cheaper out of bankruptcy court. Dennis