Original equipment manufac-turers in the electronics sector are planning to substantially increase outsourcing of manufacturing to contract manufacturers, according to a survey conducted by New York investment house Bear Sterns. "Brand name companies plan to use contract manufacturers more frequently in order to manufacture their products," said Bear Sterns.
One example is Sony Corp., the Japanese consumer electronics powerhouse, which recently began outsourcing some of its manufac-turing to Solectron Corp. (Milpi-tas, CA).