As a result of the economic clump, several leading edge contract makers of electronics are about to reduced their production.

Several top-ten PC suppliers, such as Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Acer and Asustek Computer are expected to reduce their PC order volumes in the first quarter of 2009 by around 50% compared to the same period in the previous year, according to sources at component makers, reports DigiTimes web-site.

HP is planning to cut orders by around 50%, Dell 50-60%, and Acer and Asustek 40-50% each. Even if PC and notebook orders will see a large drop in the first quarter of 2009, orders for netbooks and LED notebooks are expected to see a surge growth.