Potter also likes semiconductor assembler Hana Microelectronic and computer-monitor maker Delta, which supplies Fujitsu of Japan.
It is an assembler of computers, a reseller of other related products and not ever an innovator.
Founded in 1969 as an assembler of circuit boards, Singapore-based Flextronics has its main U.S. office in San Jose, Calif.
The vehicle assembler simply takes in and fits what the customer wants.
Hon Hai Precision Industry, a major assembler of Apple products, has posted record quarterly profits helped by growing demand for iPhones and iPads.
Founded in 1969 as an assembler of circuit boards, Flextronics is based in Singapore and has its main U.S. office in San Jose, California.
This telecoms equipment business, competing head-to-head with American and European giants, has a skilled workforce earning many times what a mobile phone assembler makes.
Last year, this electronics assembler had 10, 000 robots in that country.
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There's a problem with this goal: It will force Dell to change from being an assembler of boxes working on thin margins to an assembler of engineering talent working on fat margins.
Think of it as the yin to the yang of Foxconn, the assembler of gadgets for Apple and others, which has more than 1 million Chinese workers on its production lines.
By country, Chinese local brands now account for 32 percent of the total, their highest ever, with Geely, BYD, Great Wall and Chery all finishing on the top 10 assembler list for the month.
But this is a small problem compared with the opportunities open to Magna at a time when even General Motors is moving away from integrated production toward being a mere assembler and marketer of cars (see p.36).
Harvard-educated Anand, soon to turn 56, represents the third generation of the Mahindra clan to run the family enterprise that his paternal grandfather and great-uncle founded in 1945 as a steel trader and then an assembler of Willys Jeeps.
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