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LONDON – TT Electronics today named Geraint Anderson chief executive, effective Aug. 4. He superseded Neil Rodgers, who resigned Wednesday.

The company, which makes sensors for automotive applications and provides EMS services, also reiterated its first-half forecast for lower results versus last year.

The company said in May it was taking a cautious view for the year over concerns about the credit crisis.

Anderson was previously global vice president of Cisco's Linksys Service Provider Business.

SAN JOSE – The industry is at an interesting time in history because macroeconomics is struggling, yet the semiconductor market will continue to grow over the next three years, the president of the Semiconductor Industry Association said today.

In its semiannual forecast, the trade group today lowered its 2008 outlook for overall IC growth to 3.9%, citing continuing woes for memory chips.

SURREY, UK – HumiSeal Europe has published a new edition of the Conformal Coating Facts and Data Handbook, a guide for technology and processes for conformal coatings.

The book is more than 30 pages and is available as an interactive PDF, providing information ranging from chemistry types to application methods and a glossary.

The company plans to publish a hardcopy version.

To request copies, contact deborah.hammond@humiseal.eu.