The contract assembly segment, which produced 7% of first-quarter revenues, assembles IT systems such as workstations and servers primarily for OEMs. SNX offers cost-effective assembly services that minimize inventory risk for the customer.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Flextronics, based in Singapore but listed in the U.S, is benefiting from an assembly contract from Microsoft for Xbox, but many Asian tech investors are anticipating Sony's outsourcing assembly work for PS2 this year, as it has suggested it will do.

FORBES: Still time to score?

But this was not found to be in any way deliberate or negligent, and the architects did not mislead the assembly to win the contract.

BBC: Assembly recall urged over HQ row

The assembly had already approved a key article that redefined marriage as a contract between two people rather than between a man and a woman.

BBC: France gay marriage: National Assembly backs law

Contract manufacturer Solectron Corp. sourced the raw materials, made the circuit boards and did the assembly.

FORBES: Leveling the playing field

And this move of offering assembly and maintenance works may just make it a preferred candidate to win this Japanese contract.

FORBES: Lockheed Sweetens Pot To Sell More Warplanes To Japan