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RENO, NV – Continued growth is expected in automotive electronics, with forecasts calling for annual growth of 9% through 2013. Growth in driver assistance, safety systems and entertainment are expected to be particularly strong, says a new report.
OXFORD, UK - BizEsp Limited has announced the launch of Oxford Solders for electronics assembly products.
The product line will reportedly be marketed toward Chinese and Indian manufacturers, and will include solder powders and pastes, fluxes and BGA spheres.
The company claims strict adhesion to environmental laws.
The company will reportedly provide local service, support and training to clients in China and India. Mauricia Wang, business manager for China, will head client service operations. Wang has stated that the company is concerned about the environment and resource and energy sustainability, and their impact on the global economy, particularly in China.
With this in mind, the company will reportedly offer products based on environmentally responsible European and American technologies, and offer these "green" products to China at prices that are locally competitive, along with claimed higher customer service standards than those currently offered in China.
The company will display its products at the Nepcon shows in Shanghai and Shenzhen.
MONTREAL – If Flextronics wants to close its Montreal assembly plant, it won’t be without a fight from Teamsters Canada.
The workers union said it would challenge Flextronics’ decision to close the factory and layoff some 700 workers, the Montreal Gazette reported today.
According to the report, Flextronics is cutting staff and moving production to Mexico to cut costs for Nortel Networks, a major customer. The moves wll take place over the next several months, culminating in September.
“We are going to fight until the end to make sure these jobs stay in Montreal. We think Nortel's behavior in this is unacceptable," the report quoted Stéphane Lacroix, a Quebec-based union spokesman.
The report claimed an internal memo stated, "Over (the) coming months, the work done on behalf of Nortel by Flextronics in St. Laurent will transition to Flextronics' Guadalajara facility, to other contract manufacturers and, in some cases, back into Nortel itself."
Ironically, Flextronics purchased the site from Nortel two years ago.
Nortel and Flextronics did not comment for the report.
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