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Australia

APWC holds a 98.53% effective interest in Australia Pacific Electric Cables Pty Limited (¡§APEC¡¨), a subsidiary of Sigma Cable, located near Brisbane, Australia. APEC is one of three major wire and cable manufacturers in Australia. The company produces a range of power cables, which is supplemented by imports from overseas sister companies. APEC possesses a substantial marketing and distribution infrastructure with a network of sales offices and warehouses in the major capital cities of Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

Singapore
APWC¡¦s Singapore operations are principally conducted through its 98.3%-owned subsidiary, Sigma Cable Company (Private) Limited (¡§Sigma Cable¡¨). Sigma Cable manufactures low voltage power cable for sale and distribution in Singapore and countries in the Asia Pacific region. Sigma Cable also distributes in Singapore a wide range of wire and cable products produced by PEWC and provides SDI project engineering services.

The Company had a 100% interest in Sigma-Epan International Pte. Ltd. (¡§Sigma-Epan¡¨), a group of companies with operations in Singapore and Malaysia. Sigma-Epan group had its headquarters in Singapore.

Thailand
APWC¡¦s Thai operations are conducted through Charoong Thai Wire and Cable Public Company Limited (¡§Charoong Thai¡¨), Siam Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Company Limited (¡§Siam Pacific¡¨) and Pacific-Thai Electric Wire & Cable Co. Ltd. (¡§Pacific Thai¡¨).

Charoong Thai is a publicly-traded Thai corporation, the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (¡§SET¡¨). Charoong Thai manufactures aluminum and copper electric wire, medium and high voltage power cable and telecommunications cable. It has subsidiaries and affiliates in the business of optic fiber cable manufacturing and the provision of telecommunication and network services.

Siam Pacific is a 100%-owned subsidiary of Charoong Thai. Siam Pacific manufactures telecommunications cable, power cable and enameled wire for the domestic Thai market.

Pacific Thai is a 100%-owned subsidiary of Siam Pacific. Pacific Thai manufactures enameled wire for the export market.

China
APWC¡¦s China operations are conducted through Pacific Electric Wire & Cable (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (¡§PEWS¡¨), Shanghai Yayang Electric Co., Ltd. (¡§Shanghai Yayang¡¨), Shangdong Pacific Fiber Optics Cable Co., Ltd. (¡§SPFO¡¨) and Shandong Pacific Rubber Cable Company, Ltd. (¡§SPRC¡¨).

On March 22, 2002, the Company acquired two companies, namely, Crown Century Holdings Limited (¡§CCH¡¨) and its wholly-owned subsidiary company, Pacific Electric Wire & Cable (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (¡§PEWS¡¨) from PEWC, the majority shareholder of the Company. Pacific Electric Wire & Cable (Shenzhen) manufactures enameled wire for electronic, video and audio products for the South China market and for export. CCH is the trading arm of PEWS. The operations of PEWS and CCH have been profitable since 1999 and have contributed to the profits of the Company in 2004.

Shanghai Yayang manufactures enameled wire with a diameter of between 0.05mm and 2.5mm.

Shangdong Pacific Fiber Optics Cable manufactures fiber optic cables for the China market. APWC owns a 51.0% interest in SPFO, with the remaining interest owned by the joint venture partner, Shandong Yanggu Cable Company (¡§Shandong Yanggu¡¨), an established cable manufacturer in ShandongProvince that produces a wide range of cable products and is considered one of the leading cable producers in China.

Shandong Pacific Rubber Cable manufactures rubber cable for the China market.

APWC¡¦s primary facilities are briefly described below:

Location

Company

Products

Brisbane, Australia

APEC

Power cable

Singapore

Sigma Cable

Power cable, SDI project engineering, distributed products

Bangkok, Thailand

Charoong Thai

Telecommunications cable, power cable

Bangkok, Thailand

Siam Pacific

Telecommunications cable, power cable, enameled wire

Bangkok, Thailand

Pacific Thai

Enameled wire

Shenzhen, China

PEWS

Enameled wire

Shanghai, China

Shanghai Yayang

Enameled wire

Yanggu, China

SPFO

Fiber optic cable

All of the Company¡¦s facilities in Bangkok, Singapore, Brisbane and China use production processes and equipment of international standard imported from Europe, the United States, Taiwan, and Japan.

   
 
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