Lincoln International, an M&A firm, uses the following breakdown (USD sales): Large (Tier 1) Greater than $3 billion Mid (Tier 2) $300 million to $3 billion Small (Tier 3) $150 million to $300 million Micro (Tier 4) Below $150 million -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Croslin, Robert Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Contract Manufacturer Levels Dear 'Netters, What would be appropriate annual business volumes to define Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 contract manufacturers. I'm being asked by our new management team and want to be reasonably accurate. I've always used up to $250M as 3, up to $1B as 2, and above $1B as 1, but can't remember where I got those numbers. Thanks in advance, Bob Croslin The Nielsen Company --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------