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THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN -- Digi-Key Corp. has announced a global distribution agreement with TriQuint Semiconductor and a separate North America deal with Finisar Corp.

Under the agreements, Digi-Key will supply TriQuint's communications modules and components, and Finisar's pluggable optical modules for datacom and telecommunication applications.

No other terms were announced.
SOLIHULL, UK – Hundreds of workers reportedly walked out of Fujitsu’s electronics factory here to protest plans to move several dozen jobs to the US.
Representatives of the local union said 24-hour strike was the result of failed negotiations with plant management. The union wants to head off the transfer of some 150 jobs to a plant in Texas, reports said.

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TOKYO -- Juki Corp. celebrated its 70th anniversary this week by announcing the sale of its 20,000th placement machine.

Just ahead of the Protec trade show, one of the world's largest for assembly, Juki celebrated its December 1938 founding by 900 machine makers located in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The companies formed Tokyo Juki Manufacturers Association in Kokuryo-Cho, Chofu-City, Tokyo. (It was renamed in September 1943.)

The company also announced the donation of 8 million yen to the Chinese government and China Red Cross in the name of the Sichuan earthquake survivors.

Last week at the SMT/Hybrid/Packaging trade show in Nuremburg, Germany, the company sold a reported 10 machines.

Overall, Juki sells more than 200 placement machines each month, president Bob Black reportedly said.


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