As automotive OEMs and their suppliers take a back seat, assemblers of high-tech products enjoy rapid growth.
It's amazing what a hit product can do. Just ask Apple Computer Inc. (Cupertino, CA). At the end of the 2002 fiscal year, Apple placed 70th on our list of the Top 50 manufacturers as ranked by gross revenue, some $3.5 billion behind the company at No. 50, Rolls-Royce plc (London).