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Celestica CEO talks internal changes, acquisitions, EMS

Celestica has not made any major acquisitions since Muhlhauser took over as CEO in 2006. Things are much different today. Muhlhauser and his team did a good job of managing profitability during this last downturn. However, more revenue is needed to drive …
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Hyper competition among EMS providers

Credit Suisse estimates two-thirds of operating profit margins for EMS providers is likely derived from component purchase price variance: paying a discounted price for components from suppliers, while getting compensated by OEM customers as if paying standard prices.
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