Parts makers welcome growing market for mobile products

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Manufacturers of electronic components are expanding their businesses to cope with strong demand, particularly from makers of cellular phones and personal digital assistants. They are also developing new components that are thinner, more lightweight with multiple function features and can operate at higher frequencies. Component makers are also searching for ways to reduce delivery times and develop more flexible production systems.

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Exploding proliferation of mobile phones, Internet tightens parts supply

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The demand for electronic components and parts is expected to grow significantly manily because of the fast growth in the use of mobile telephones and the Internet. The mobile telephone market is predicted to grow from 290 million units in 1999 to 450 million units in 2000. In the field of computers, personal digital assistants and notebook computers promise to be a strong profit potential for parts and components manufacturer

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Siemens spins off components business

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Siemens AG has spun off its Electronic Components Group. The business unit has 47,000 employees and and generates DM 11 billion in annual sales. The spin off is part of a larger restructuring plan, which includes the merger of the computer business group's information division with the communication equipment group's communication service division to form the Information and Communications Group.

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