Electronic Manufacturing Services: A New Dimension in Outsourcing Industry

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--The Technical Insights Group at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to
announce its 2008 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the
electronic manufacturing services market to be held on Tuesday,
January 29, 2008 at 10:00 AM CST / 11:00 AM EST.

The electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry has begun to
equip itself to move beyond being a mere outsourced entity of the
semiconductor industry. The semiconductor original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) have consistently focused on cost savings,
reduced time-to-market, reduced time-to-volume, quality and
flexibility in their process of advanced technology evolution. In this
manner, EMS providers play a critical role of supporting the
semiconductor OEMs in their product development process to perform
effectively in all of these aspects through its services and strategic
business solutions. Given the changing market scenarios, especially in
the consumer electronics sector, original equipment manufacturers
(OEMs) increasingly depend on electronics manufacturing service (EMS)
providers to deliver high-quality products to their customers at the
right time and volume.

While EMS providers have created strong footprints in the consumer
electronics, communication and automotive industries, they will
gradually penetrate into markets such as medical, industrial, retail
stores as well as aerospace and defense by proving their capabilities
and creating differentiation. Over the years, EMS providers have
specialized in enabling the establishment of manufacturing processes
in a most efficient way by supporting technology developers and OEMs
to reap the fruits of all their development efforts effectively.

This briefing will benefit electronic contract manufacturers,
semiconductor OEMs, original design manufacturers (ODMs), integrated
device manufacturers (IDMs) and end-users/application developers, who
wish to track the trends in the industry and extend their
capabilities.

Highlights of the briefing will include emerging trends in the EMS
industry. It highlights the trends in the EMS industry from
capabilities to market segment, and also from a geographical
perspective, examining the factors that influence the growth and
market potential of the EMS industry.

"EMS providers greatly depend on OEMs for outsourcing and the
increasing competition in the EMS market is driving the EMS providers
to provide distinctive value-added services and portray global
competence in terms of being able to adapt to dynamic market
characteristics," notes Frost & Sullivan Analyst Kasthuri Jagadeesan.

"EMS providers should also focus on understanding the needs of the
customers and the business models of their customers or OEMs in order
to achieve profit margins, market share and successful end-products,
and when they move towards higher levels of integration, they should
offer flexibility in their solutions," adds Frost & Sullivan analyst
Krishnakumar Srinivasan.

To participate, please e-mail David Escalante at
david.escalante@frost.com with the following information: your full
name, company name, title, telephone number, e-mail, address, city,
state and country. Upon receipt of the above information, a
registration link will be e-mailed to you. You may also register to
receive a recorded version of the briefing at anytime by submitting
the aforementioned contact details.

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Frost & Sullivan, San Antonio
David Escalante, 210-477-8427
North American Corporate Communications
Electronics & Security; Measurement & Instrumentation:
Industrial Process Control
F: 210-348-1003
E: david.escalante@frost.com
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