Tag Archives: contract assembly
Why Cook Won’t Change Apple’s EMS Recipe
New Apple CEO Tim Cook will make no changes to its outsourcing recipe. That’s my take, based on an assessment of the iPhone maker’s balance sheet. Cook, of course, has been named to succeed Steve Jobs, who has been fighting … Continue reading
Foxconn, China Tied For Good (or Bad)
The pundits are out and speculating that, in the wake of a dozen worker suicides, higher wages and reams of bad press, Foxconn might relocate from China. AppleInsider thinks Foxconn might move production back to Taiwan. John Dvorak suggests a … Continue reading
Nokia Goes Out
Good news for Top Tier contract assemblers came today in the form of Nokia’s announcement it would begin outsourcing again, a year after pulling everything in house. Just another sign that the market is recovering. Nokia announced last July it … Continue reading
Orbotech’s Outsourcing Twist
Contracting assembly certainly is nothing new around these parts. Semiconductor design firms routinely outsource waber fab and packaging. OEMs have sent out everything from systems design to circuit board layout to component assembly and test. Indeed, our sister magazine, CIRCUITS … Continue reading