Deswell Industries Inc. Announces Change of Auditors.Business Editors HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2003 Deswell Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSWL) today announced that it has changed its auditors to PricewaterhouseCoopers from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Deloitte & Touche (also referred to as Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and branded as Deloitte.) is the second largest professional services firm in the world, and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG. . Mr. Richard Lau, chief executive officer of Deswell, said, "We have had an excellent relationship with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu for the past ten years. As is customary in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , we decided it was time to rotate our auditors to ensure independence. We look forward to a similarly strong relationship with PricewaterhouseCoopers." Deswell manufactures injection-molded plastic parts and components, electronic products and subassemblies, and metallic products for original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") and contract manufacturers at its factories in the People's Republic People's Republic n. A political organization founded and controlled by a national Communist party. of China. The Company produces a wide variety of plastic parts and components used in the manufacture of consumer and industrial products; printed circuit board assemblies using surface mount ("SMT (1) (Surface Mount Technology) See surface mount. (2) (Station ManagemenT) An FDDI network management protocol that provides direct management. Only one node requires the software. SMT - Station Management "), and pin-through-hole ("PHT PHT Phenytoin (antiepileptic, Dilantin) PHT Pulmonary Hypertension PhT Pharmacy Technician PHT Post-Harvest Technology PHT Pattern History Table PHT Pressure Half Time PHT Public Health Trust ") interconnection technologies; and finished products such as telephones, telephone answering machines, sophisticated studio-quality audio equipment and computer peripherals. The Company's customers include Kyocera Mita Industrial Co. (H.K.) Limited, Epson Precision (H.K.) Ltd., Inter-Tel Incorporated, Digidesign, Inc., Vtech Telecommunications Ltd., Peavey Electronics Peavey Electronics Corporation is one of the largest audio equipment manufacturers in the world, headquartered in Meridian, Mississippi in the United States. History Hartley Peavey founded Peavey Electronics in 1965 after building his first amplifier in 1957. Corporation and Emerson. To learn more about Deswell Industries, Inc., please visit the Company's web site at www.deswell.com. |
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