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Top 25 ICT Hardware
Canada’s hardware and infrastructure companies had a great year, increasing total year over- year revenue output by six per cent. 2005 revenues of $27.9 billion show a $1.6 billion increase over the revenues generated in 2004. ICT hardware and infrastructure companies include manufacturers of IT/ICT hardware such as Nortel Networks (which still holds the number one spot on this sub-list and on the
Top 250), as well as Electronic Manufacturing Service (EMS) outsourcers such as Celestica Inc., and companies that are involved with the design and deployment of IT infrastructure like NexInnovations.
This category accounts for 16 per cent of the Branham Top 250—an increase from last year’s composition of 12 per cent. Since Nortel Networks, Celestica and ATI Technologies (the top three in this category) contribute $21.96 billion in revenues, we look at the bottom tier companies (i.e. all Top 250 ICT hardware and infrastructure companies that were outside of the Top 25 list) to see how they compared to
the Top 25. All other ICT hardware and infrastructure companies on the Top 250, that did not make the Top 25, generated revenues of $174.65 million in 2005, which results in a 20.31 per cent increase from this group’s 2004 revenue performance. Once again, we see smaller businesses are generating higher
growth percentages when compared to larger Canadian companies. The average year-overyear
change in these companies was 43 per cent, boosted by the performance seen in RFID innovator Dexit, which grew by 235 per cent to $5.9 million, and Tranzeo Wireless which grew by 85 per cent from 2004.
Tranzeo is new to the list and specializes in wireless point-to-point and point-to-multipoint solutions.
Returning to the Top 25 list, we have seen some mixed results, even though total revenues increased. While Nortel Networks and ATI Technologies increased by 13 per cent and 11 per cent respectively, other
leaders like Celestica and NexInnovations decreased by two per cent and 14 per cent respectively. This shows the top ICT hardware and infrastructure manufacturers performed more strongly than ICT
infrastructure service companies. One of the best examples of this in 2005 is Aastra Technologies, a manufacturer of products and systems for communication network access; its revenues increased by approximately 90 per cent, moving ahead two spots in the Top 25 ICT hardware and infrastructure list.
