BEIJING – China’s handset production is expected to surpass 605 million units in 2008, up about 9% year-over-year, according to CCID Consulting.
About 66% of those handsets will be exported to markets overseas, said the firm.
The production of handsets reached 279 million units in the region for the first half of this year; the global top-five – Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and LG Electronics – represented 65% of that total, said CCID.
Sales reached 96.4 million units in the first half, up 17.5% compared to the same period in 2007, according to CCID.
ATLANTA – Beginning Oct. 14, Circuits Assembly seeks participants for its annual Service Excellence Awards (SEAs) for EMS providers and electronics assembly equipment, material and software suppliers.
Now in its 17th year, the SEAs honor companies in electronics manufacturing for excelling in the critical area of customer service, allowing participants to benchmark customer service against their peers.
SALT LAKE CITY -- CirTran Corp. reported second-quarter rose 47% to $4.2 million from 2007, while losses from operations improved 19% to $991,052.
For the period ended June 30, the contract assembler, which also manufactures and distributes beverage and certain OEM products, saw beverage sales increase three-fold sequentially to nearly $250,000.