1. © Copyright 2002 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Global Fact Book of Surface Mount Technology Lines Trends Towards Miniaturization to Accommodate Digital Technology "New developments are continuing to extend the capabilities of SMT to higher levels. Trends toward miniaturization, higher portability, and improved functionality in computing, telecommunications, automotive, and medical industries are leading to greater acceptance of SMT among PCB assemblies." SMT Analyst Team Frost & Sullivan

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5. © Copyright 2002 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. 3M ACT Manufacturing, Inc. Agilent Technologies, Inc. Alcatel Benchmark Electronics, Inc. Bosch Celestica, Inc. Cisco Systems, Inc. Compaq Computer Corp. CTS Corp. Daewoo Electronics Ltd. DDI Global Dell Computer Corp. Delphi Eaton Corp. Flextronics International Ltd. Fujitsu Microelectronics Gateway Hewlett Packard Co. Hitachi Ltd. Honeywell, Inc. IBM Corp. Iomega Corp. Jabil Circuit, Inc. Johnson Controls, Inc. Lear Corp. LG Electronics LM Ericsson-Sony Key Market Participants

6. © Copyright 2002 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Lucent Technologies, Inc. Mack Technologies, Inc. Manufacturers Services Ltd. Marconi Communications Matsushita MCMS Motorola, Inc. NEC Corp. Nokia Corp. Nortel Networks Pemstar, Inc. Phelps Dodge Corp. Philips/Magnavox Plexus Corp. Qualcomm, Inc. Quantum Corp. Samsung Electronics Co. Sanmina Corp. SCI Systems, Inc. Seagate Technology LLC Siemens AG SMTC Solectron Corp. Sony Electronics, Inc. Thompson Multimedia Toshiba Corp. Viasystems Group, Inc. Western Digital Corp. Key Market Participants (cont’d)

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