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To: P Wright who wrote (3809)	5/14/1998 11:44:00 AM
From: P Wright	Respond to of 6317

The following gives an interesting account of how Acer has increased its revenues by becoming an ECM. There definitely does appear to be a trend towards the large technology companies saving costs by having ECMs build their products. Also get the impression, that this field is becoming noticed by more companies which will result in more entrants into this sector and more competition. I guess one needs to know the rate at which new competitors are entering the ECM business to the rate at which OEMs are outsourcing their manufacturing. To read other pertinent articles about ECMs and JBL at Techweb do a search inputting the same. techweb.com Enter Acer in search box Article - 'Fast-food' approach hits the spot at Acer