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Acer Inc. Spinning-off
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The restructuring resulted in two primary units:
brand name sales and contract manufacturing
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Foxconn
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.,
trading as Foxconn Technology Group,
is a Taiwanese multinational electronics
contract manufacturing company
headquartered in Tucheng, New Taipei,
Taiwan. It is the world's largest
electronics contract manufacturer
measured by revenues.
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Jabil Circuit - Acquisitions and expansion
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2005 Varian, Inc. Purchased the contract
manufacturing division of the company for
approximately $195 Million.
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Jabil Circuit - Acquisitions and expansion
2002 Philips Contract Manufacturing
Services Purchased the division from
Philips for approximately $210 Million and
also signed a 4 year supply agreement
worth approximately €4 billion.
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PepsiCo - PepsiCo Asia, Middle East & Africa
While PepsiCo owns its own
manufacturing and distribution
facilities in certain parts of these
regions, more of this production is
conducted via alternate means such
as licensing (which it does with
Aquafina), contract manufacturing,
joint ventures and affiliate operations
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Modularity - Modularity in technology and management
For instance, when the firm utilizes
contract manufacturing rather than inhouse manufacturing, it is using an
organizational component that is more
independent than building such
capabilities in-house: the firm can
switch between contract manufacturers
that perform different functions, and
the contract manufacturer can similarly
work for different firms
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Intel Corporation - Opening up the foundries
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Only Achronix began shipping chips made by
Intel using the 22-nm Tri-Gate
process.[http://www.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/index.ssf/2013/07/intel_dabbles_in_co
ntract_manu.html Intel dabbles in contract
manufacturing, weighing tradeoffs] // The
Oregonian, July 27,
2013[http://www.eetimes.com/document.as
p?doc_id=1280814 Intel to make 22-nm chips
for Microsemi] // EETimes, 5/2/2013:
Microsemi—...—becomes Intel's fifth
publicly disclosed foundry customer, joining
network processor provider Netronome and
FPGA vendors Altera, Achronix and Tabula
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Windows Mobile - Hardware
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Microsoft had over 50 handset partners,
when Windows Mobile was still being
shipped on new devices. 80% of the 50
million Windows Mobile devices that were
made from launch to February 2009 were
built by one contract manufacturing group,
HTC Corporation|HTC, which makes
handsets for several major companies
under their brands, and under its own
brand.
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Tesla Motors - European parts content
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The Roadster's chassis was assembled by
the contract manufacturing division of
Lotus Cars in Hethel, England.
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Deutsche Post - Brands
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*Power Packaging: supplies food and
beverage contract manufacturing and
packaging services to consumer goods
companies in North America.
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Doxil - Doxil shortage
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(PFE) and Johnson Johnson, announced
that it will exit the contract-manufacturing
business in a transition to focus on its
generics business.Peter Loftus,
[http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO20110819-712649.html] UPDATE: Ben
Venue to Exit Drug Contract
Manufacturing Business, Wall Street
Journal, August 19, 2011
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ECM - Business
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* Electronic Contract Manufacturing, a term related
to the outsourcing of electronic assembly
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VTech - History
Today, VTech’s core businesses remain
cordless telephones and electronic learning
products. Its contract manufacturing services,
which manufactures a range of electronic
products on behalf of medium sized
companies, has also become a major source
of revenue. The company has diversified
geographically, selling to North America,
Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East
and Africa.
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Wyse - 2000-present
In 2000 Wyse acquired Netier
Technologies of Texas, and turned
Netier's Rapport thin device
management software into the Wyse
Device Manager. In 2003 Wyse went
private and company shareholders
reorganized the company, selling assets
such as real estate and company-owned
manufacturing facilities in favor of
contract manufacturing. In April 2005 the
controlling interest of Wyse was acquired
by Garnett Helfrich Capital, a private
equity firm specializing in venture
buyouts.
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RPG Group - RPG Life Sciences
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RPGLS offers services like marketing
partnership, NDDS development,
development of non-infringing process
technologies, and P2P and/or contract
manufacturing to its global partners.
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Module - Modularity in technology and management
For instance, when the firm utilizes
contract manufacturing rather than inhouse manufacturing, it is using an
organizational component that is
more independent than building such
capabilities in-house: the firm can
switch between contract
manufacturers that perform different
functions, and the contract
manufacturer can similarly work for
different firms
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Sigma-Aldrich - Other key events
* 2004 – Acquisitions of Ultrafine, a
supplier of contract manufacturing
services for drug development, and
Tetrionics, a producer of high potency
and cytotoxic active pharmaceutical
ingredients.
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Sigma-Aldrich - Product lines
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*Large scale chemicals contract
manufacturing
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Job production
Job production is, in essence,
manufacturing on a contract basis, and
thus it forms a subset of the larger field of
contract manufacturing. But the latter field
also includes, in addition to jobbing, a
higher level of outsourcing in which a
product-line-owning company entrusts its
entire production to a contractor, rather
than just outsourcing parts of it.
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Nokian Tyres - Contract production of tyres
In the past, some United States
contract manufacturing was done by
Cooper Tire's Findley, Ohio plant
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Boots Contract Manufacturing
'Boots Contract Manufacturing' or
'BCM' is the subsidiary company of
Alliance Boots that manufacturers
healthcare products. It is Europe's
biggest health and beauty contract
manufacturer. It is not simply a contract
manufacturer, but develops new
products for other customers as well.
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BCM
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*Boots Contract Manufacturing, part
of Alliance Boots
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Central Aircraft Company - History
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In common with other joinery companies
during the First World War it turned to subcontract manufacturing of aircraft
components
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Market entry - Market entry and trade risks
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without direct investment (management contract,
franchising, licensing, contract manufacturing)
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Pharmaceutical industry in the People's Republic of China - Domestic companies doing
RD
CO has been providing contract
research and contract manufacturing
services to pharmaceutical
companies both in China and outside
of China.
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American Motors Corporation
At the time, AMC had excess
manufacturing capacity thus contract
manufacturing for Chrysler made sense
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Benchmark Electronics
'Benchmark Electronics Inc' is an
electronics manufacturing
services|EMS, original design
manufacturer|ODM, and original
equipment manufacturer|OEM
company[http://www.bench.com/vie
wer/services.asp Services Overview]
Benchmark Electronics Official Site
based in Angleton, TX in Greater
Houston. It provides contract
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Benchmark Electronics - History
In 2007 Benchmark Electronics acquired
Pemstar Inc, a contract manufacturing|contract
manufacturer.
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Tyan
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The merger in question was with MiTAC, a
Taiwanese OEM which develops and
produces a range of products (including
servers, notebooks, consumer electronics
products, networking and educational
products - as well as providing contract
manufacturing services), was announced
in March 2007
[http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20070
323PD209.html] and completed on
October 1 of that year
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Contract manufacturer - Business model
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In a contract manufacturing business
model, the hiring firm approaches the
contract manufacturer with a design or
formula
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Contract manufacturer - Industries that use the practice
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The pharmaceutical industry use this process with
CMs called Contract manufacturing organizations.
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Contract manufacturer - Purpose, Benefits, and Risks
There are many
benefits as well as
risks to contract
manufacturing
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Contract manufacturer - Purpose, Benefits, and Risks
When deciding about contract
manufacture, the company should weigh
the benefits and associated risks. For
small companies, contract manufacturing
may not be a good business strategy. For
large companies that are trying to extend
into new markets, contract manufacturing
may be a good choice.
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Contract manufacturer - Benefits
The Benefits and
Disadvantages of Contract
Manufacturing
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BlackBerry Limited
His strategy is to subcontract
manufacturing to Foxconn, and to
focus on software
technology.[http://www.theglobeandmai
l.com/report-on-business/internationalbusiness/asian-pacificbusiness/blackberry-deal-bolstersfoxconns-makeovergambit/article16097425/ G+M
BlackBerry deal bolsters Foxconn’s
makeover gambit Jim and Gupta,
TAIPEI/SAN FRANCISCO — Reuters,
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Kingston Technology
Kingston serves an international
network of distributors, resellers,
retailers and OEM customers on six
continents. The company also
provides contract manufacturing and
supply chain management services
for semiconductor manufacturers and
system OEMs.
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Pininfarina - San Giorgio plant
Following the end of contract
manufacturing activities San Giorgio
Canavese is being used for production
of spare parts for cars manufactured
in the past.2011 annual report p69
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Transfer pricing - Cost plus and resale price issues
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Where a manufacturing entity provides
contract manufacturing for both related
and unrelated parties, it may readily have
reliable data on comparable transactions
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CMOS (disambiguation) - Other
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*Contract manufacturing organizations,
a company with customizable
outsourced manufacturing capabilities
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Supply network
In the semiconductors industry, for
example, work-in-process moves from
fabrication to assembly, and then to the
test house. The term supply network
refers to the high-tech phenomenon of
contract manufacturing where the brand
owner does not touch the product.
Instead, she coordinates with contract
manufacturers and component suppliers
who ship components to the brand
owner. This business practice requires
the brand owner to stay in touch with
multiple parties or network at once.
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BenQ - BenQ-Siemens
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On August 24, 2006 BenQ announced
plans to spin off its manufacturing
operations in early 2007, separating
contract manufacturing and ownbrand
divisions.http://www.infoworld.com/t
/networking/benq-spinmanufacturing-operations-427
Infoworld, BenQ to spin off
manufacturing operations
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BenQ - Corporate restructuring
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On August 24, 2006, BenQ announced
plans to spin off its manufacturing
operations in early 2007, separating
contract manufacturing and own-brand
divisions.
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Universal abit - History
Following USI's acquisition of the
motherboard business, the remaining
divisions of ABIT switched to
distributing components and
networking products, while using its
Suzhou, China plant only to offer some
motherboard contract manufacturing
services.
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Lakeport Brewing Company - History
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Lakeport took on contract manufacturing
work for other beverage brands and
reworked its operations to make the
brewery profitable
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Tarmac Limited - Tarmac Building Products
Tarmac Building Products is the UK's
largest supplier of heavy building products.
It supplies aircrete blocks, aggregate
blocks, bagged aggregates, mortar,
screeds, sports surfaces, TermoDeck,
foundry sands, grouts, plasters, renders,
bagged cement and bagged lime. It also
offers bespoke production and contract
manufacturing.
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Electronics manufacturing services
The concept is also referred to as
'electronic contract manufacturing'
(ECM).[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl
es/mi_qa3913/is_200212/ai_n9159251
Electronics contract manufacturing: Global
production and the international division of
labor in the age of the Internet]
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AMAX Information Technologies - Location and facilities
The Fremont headquarters is a
certified ISO 9001, 14:001
manufacturing facility which supports
both its enterprise solution
manufacturing as well as contract
manufacturing for original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) appliances and
custom built systems
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Keurig - History
K-Cup portion packs were invented by
Colby College roommates Peter Dragone
(Class of 1979) and John Sylvan (Class of
1980).http://www.boston.com/yourtown/ne
edham/articles/2011/08/07/the_inside_stor
y_of_keurigs_rise_to_a_billion_dollar_cof
fee_empire/ Dragone and Sylvan founded
Keurig in 1990, with later support from cofounder and current vice president of
Contract Manufacturing Quality
assurance, Dick Sweeney, in 1993.
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GAZ - 2000 to present
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Now GAZ car facility is used for contract
manufacturing for Volkswagen and General
Motors.
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GAZ - 2000 to present
In December 2010, GAZ Group signed a
memorandum of understanding with Daimler
AG|Daimler on contract manufacturing of
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter at GAZ plant in
Nizhny Novgorod. It is expected that
production will start in 2013. In June 2012
GAZ Group and Daimler announced start of
implementation of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
contract manufacturing project at GAZ plant,
and plans to organize contract manufacturing
of Mercedes engines at Yaroslavl Motor Plant
of GAZ Group.
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GAZ - 2000 to present
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In November 2011, under the contract
manufacturing agreement, GAZ started
SKD assembly of Škoda Yeti; full-cycle
production started in December 2012
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Keyence
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Keyence is fabless manufacturing|fabless
(fabrication-less) - although it is a
manufacturer; it specializes solely in
product planning and development and
does not manufacture the final products.
Keyence products are manufactured at
qualified contract manufacturing
companies.
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American Motors
At the time, AMC had excess
manufacturing capacity thus contract
manufacturing for Chrysler made
sense
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Hon Hai Precision Industry
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'Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.',
doing business as|trading as 'Foxconn
Technology Group', is a Taiwanese
Multinational corporation|multinational
electronics contract manufacturing
company headquartered in Tucheng
District|Tucheng, New Taipei, Taiwan. It
is the world's largest electronics
contractor
manufacturer,[http://www.reuters.com/
article/idUSTRE66L0A220100722 Strikes
End at Two Chinese Automotive
Suppliers]. Reuters. 2010-07-22.
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Ajinomoto - 2010 to present
In 2013, the Company acquired the
contract manufacturing organization Althea
Technologies for in a bid to expand
biopharmaceutical manufacturing in the
United States.
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Plessey - South Africa
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The corporate name was changed to
Tellumat Pty
Ltd.[http://www.tellumat.com/group
/co-intro.htm Tellumat: Introduction]
Tellumat continues to develop and
manufacture Plessey-branded
products as before and operates in the
Defense (military)|Defence,
Telecommunications and Contract
Manufacturing markets.
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Acer (company) - Logo
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The new logo came out following spinoff of Acer's contract manufacturing
business to focus on its brand
business
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Luxottica - History
In 1967, he started selling complete
eyeglass frames under the Luxottica
brand, which proved successful enough
that by 1971 he ended the contract
manufacturing business.
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Achronix
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Achronix was the first company allowed to use Intel's
fabs and had began shipping of the
product.[http://www.designreuse.com/news/32709/foundry-model-challengesintel.html Foundry Model Challenges Intel] //
DesignReuse, 8/28/2013 There are 5 fabless
companies announced at the middle of 2013 with
agreements for chip manufacturing at Intel: Achronix,
Tabula (company)|Tabula, Netronome, Microsemi and
Altera.[http://www.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/index.ssf/2013/07/intel_dabbles_in_contract_ma
nu.html Intel dabbles in contract manufacturing,
weighing tradeoffs] // The Oregonian, July 27,
2013[http://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2013/02/26/inte
l_altera_fab_deal/ Inside Intel's deal to let FPGA biz
Altera use its
22nm TriGate fabs
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Baxter International
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Baxter’s Medical Products business
produces intravenous solutions and
other products used in the delivery of
fluids and drugs to patients; inhalation
anesthetics; contract manufacturing
services; and products to treat endstage renal disease, or irreversible
kidney failure, including solutions and
other products for peritoneal dialysis
and hemodialysis.
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Deutsche Post AG - Brands
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*Power Packaging: North America's
leading supplier of food and beverage
contract manufacturing and packaging
services to major consumer goods
companies. Power Packaging has a
long history of managing multiple
customer facilities and dedicated
facilities within the industry and has
proven to be a diverse and innovative
growth catalyst to the packaging
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Waagner-Biro - Businesses
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Qualter, Hall Co Ltd. builds bridges
and also deals with mechanical
engineering and contract
manufacturing.
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East Midlands - Healthcare
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Crookes Healthcare, formerly Boots
and now Reckitt Benckiser, make
Strepsils and Optrex on the enormous
Boots site, and Boots Contract
Manufacturing (BCM) make products
for other firms
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Alliance Boots - Operations
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Alliance Boots operations are split into two
areas, pharmacy-led health and beauty
retailing and pharmaceutical wholesaling
and distribution. The Group also has a
stand alone contract manufacturing
business called BCM and increasingly
develops and internationalises its product
brands.
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Alliance Boots - Contract manufacturing
'BCM Limited' is the contract
manufacturing business of Alliance Boots
and manufactures a range of own-brand
and third-party medicines, and cosmetic
product ranges such as No 7, Kangol, Toni
Guy, FCUK, Soltan and Botanics
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Lazare Kaplan International - Business activities
In addition, it has contract
manufacturing operations in
China and Thailand
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Multitech - Logo
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The new logo came out following the spinoff of Acer's contract manufacturing
business to focus on its brand business
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Apotex - Structure
Apotex owns 61% of Cangene Corp., a
Winnipeg-based biopharmaceutical company,
according to Cangene's 2007 annual report.
Cangene's business focuses are
hyperimmunes, contract manufacturing,
biopharmaceuticals and biodefense against
infectious diseases such as smallpox,
hepatitis B and anthrax. Its products include
WinRho SDF. In February 2014, Emergent
BioSolutions, an American company based in
Rockville, Maryland, acquired Cangene
Corporation.
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Fine chemical
Contract manufacturing
organization|Custom manufacturing for
the life science industry plays a big
role; however, a significant portion of
the fine chemicals total production
volume is manufactured in house by
large users
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Northwest Biotherapeutics - Business model
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Northwest relies upon the contract
manufacturing organization Cognate
Bioservices for services supporting
manufacture of product for clinical
trials
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Eskayef Bangladesh - Business information
Under the contract manufacturing
deal between Eskayef Bangladesh Ltd,
the Danish insulin maker Novo
Nordisk has set up a high-tech insulin
manufacturing plant at Tongi. The
plant is the third set up by Novo
Nordisk in Asia after China and India.
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Nordion - Medical isotopes
Nordion also offers contract
manufacturing services which can
include medical isotopes for clinical
trials or commercial development.
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