Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited is principally engaged in the manufacture and distribution of telecommunications (copper and fiber optic), and power cable and enameled wire products in the Asia Pacific region, primarily in Singapore, Thailand, Australia and China. The Company manufactures and distributes its own wire and cable products, and also distributes wire and cable products (Distributed Products) manufactured by its principal shareholder, Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Company, a Taiwanese company (PEWC). The Company sells its cable products primarily to government agencies, telecommunications network operators and construction companies, and subcontractors bidding for government contracts. During the year ended December 31, 2008, approximately 56.2% of the manufactured products sold by the Company were sold by its subsidiaries in Singapore and Thailand, with the remainder sold by its subsidiaries or joint ventures in China, Australia and Malaysia.