workforce in the electrical and electronic component industry (including computer)
is estimated to be four million, and the USA has the largest share with about two and
half million [3]. The workforce of the electronic industry in most Asian nations like
Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, and others is also experiencing
rapid growth. The geographic distribution of the electrical and electronic industry
facilities in the USA is uneven. Some have concentration of many facilities while
some have large plants for a particular electrical and electronic component. The
distribution of 60% of the electronics/computer industry facilities is located in six
states of the USA (Table 4.3).
Table 4.1 Top ten worldwide electronics/computer industry companies
Company name
1992 electronic sales in millions of dollars
IBM
$53,600
Matsushita Electric
$48,668
Toshiba
$29,232
NEC
$28,375
Fujitsu
$25,879
Philips
$25,747
Hitachi
$25,107
Siemens
$24,550
Sony
$22,959
Alcatel-Alsthom
$20,892
Source: [20]
Table 4.2 2001 Profile of the leading electrical and electronic component industries
Company name
Location
No of employee
Revenue ($)
Hughes Electronics
El Segundo, California
13,700
8.9 billion
Northrop Grumman Corp
Baltimore
7,300
6.6 billion
Agere Systems Inc
Allentown, Pennsylvania
10,700
2.2 million
Source: [3]
Table 4.3 Geographic distribution of electronics/computer
facilities
State
Percentage
California
34
Texas
6.5
Massachusetts
6.4
New York
4.5
Illinois
4.4
Pennsylvania
4.0
Source: [4]
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