I'm a bit confused, but this isn't my area of expertise, so that's probably not unexpected.
The article states "The merger with S&T will give Kontron access to S&T’s software as well as to Ennoconn, a subsidiary of Foxconn that designs and produces motherboards and systems for specialized and embedded applications.".
I'm making a few assumptions: 1) Ennoconn is a third party company not directly involved in this merger. 2) Ennoconn is in business to make money.
My question is, how does merging with S&T give Kontron access to Ennoconn? I would think that Ennoconn would be all too happy to have another client and the associated business to put in thier books. What has kept Kontron from negotiating with Ennoconn prior to this merger? Also, why is access to Ennoconn so important now when it wasn't before the merger? I see from the article that outsourcing (presumably to Ennoconn) is supposed to lower costs, but again if this was such a huge deal for Kontron, then why did they not pursue this path prior to the merger.
Other parts of the merger make sense to me, so I apologize if I'm missing something obvious here.
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BurntMyBacon - Thursday, July 20, 2017 - link
I'm a bit confused, but this isn't my area of expertise, so that's probably not unexpected.The article states "The merger with S&T will give Kontron access to S&T’s software as well as to Ennoconn, a subsidiary of Foxconn that designs and produces motherboards and systems for specialized and embedded applications.".
I'm making a few assumptions:
1) Ennoconn is a third party company not directly involved in this merger.
2) Ennoconn is in business to make money.
My question is, how does merging with S&T give Kontron access to Ennoconn? I would think that Ennoconn would be all too happy to have another client and the associated business to put in thier books. What has kept Kontron from negotiating with Ennoconn prior to this merger? Also, why is access to Ennoconn so important now when it wasn't before the merger? I see from the article that outsourcing (presumably to Ennoconn) is supposed to lower costs, but again if this was such a huge deal for Kontron, then why did they not pursue this path prior to the merger.
Other parts of the merger make sense to me, so I apologize if I'm missing something obvious here.