COMMISSIONING MINIMUM COST CEE ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURE

MHMs CEE Electronics Manufacture analysis now includes information enabling optimum assessment of best prospects to commission Electronics manufacture facilities in CEE, including information such as: Electronics Assembly Factories currently closing With skilled labour where you could enter quickly CEE Top 50 EMS Player Analysis Especially smaller local CEE EMS players could be of interest (see attached) OEM Transfers to CEE See attached Existing CEE Infrastructure you can depend on See attached Please consider, viewing the attachments, how MHM can minimise the cost of your company adding capacity in CEE or even identify that the facilities are not needed in the first place. Regional points ranking from MHMs 2003 forecast made 5 years ago is given below. The latest analysis suggests a different order!

CENTRAL & EAST EUROPEAN REGIONAL RANKINGS 2008 (2003 FORECAST!)

Bulgaria Ukraine Slovakia Romania Belarus Latvia Poland Hungary Czech Republic Russia Estonia Slovenia Source: MHM
19 31 29 39.5 39 39 37 37 36 36 35
Krakow/Przesow 38 Brest scores higher

56
L'Viv = 41

Score assumes near motorway

2008 EVALUATION OF BEST CEE ELECTRONICS DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING LOCATIONS POLAND, ROMANIA OR WESTERN EUROPE?
MHM clients have the opportunity to customise MHMs 2008 CEE manufacture and R&D location evaluation by joining at the Multiclient stage. Please view the developing contents page below contact MHM to identify how this most recent analysis may be tailored to your exact requirements.

AN EVALUATION OF THE BEST ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING LOCATIONS IN CEE - GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

CONTENTS 1. 2. INTRODUCTION LOCATION CHOICE FACTOR - OVERVIEW 2.1 Overview 2.2 Regional Rankings 2.3 Opportunities and Threats Analysis 3. LOCATION CHOICE FACTORS 3.1 Economic Stability & Population 3.1.1 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4 3.2 Inflation/Forecast Exchange Rate Unemployment Population

Labour Availability and Cost 3.2.1 Cost and Availability

3.3

Skill Levels, Availability and Quality of Education 3.3.1 Colleges/Universities 3.3.2 Language Skills 3.3.3 Availability of Labour and Management

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Supply Chain Factors 3.4.1 Duties and Tariffs

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Infrastructure And Logistics to Western Europe 3.5.1 Electronics Production Per Country & Market Sector Analysis - Major Electronics OEM CEE Map - Major EMS/ODM European Map 3.5.2 Roads & EU Crossings 3.5.3 Telecoms

3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9

Risk Index Political Stability and Corruption Index Attractive City Index Regional Evaluation Factors - FDI Confidence Index

3.10 Investment Incentives and Corporate Tax Looking forward to discussing any potential projects with you.

Best Regards Mike Hannon MHM has significant experience in delivering successful projects aimed at developing additional CEE Electronics R&D and Manufacture, for example: Acquire production or design facilities in Poland (Link), Czech Republic and Other CEE Bases (Link) Greenfield development in Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria (Link) An evaluation of the best Electronics manufacturing locations in CEE Global perspective (Link) Central and Eastern Europe information (Link) Listing of all MHM projects (Link) ======================================================= Michael Hannon MHM Tel: Int + 44 (0)1292 263625 Fax: Int + 44 (0)1292 265081 Email: mike@mhm.info Web: www.mhm.info ======================================================== MHM respects your online time and privacy. If you do not want to receive emails from MHM in the future, please reply to this message with REMOVE in the subject heading and we will remove you from our database.