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Melville, NY -- The North American Components (NAC) unit of Arrow Electronics and China Great Wall Computer Group  have signed a partnership agreement involving manufacturing, logistics and supply of various electronic components.
 
According to the press release, Arrow's OEM clients can have their products assembled at Great Wall Group's facility in Shenzhen, bringing the finished products closer to the Asian market.
 
One of the goals of the partnership is to create a manufacturing facility in China that matches production facilities in North America. "Arrow can now ensure that customers who want to manufacturer their products overseas will have their established manufacturing practices replicated exactly, which eliminates the need to conduct inspections at multiple manufacturing sites," said Steve Ramsland, VP and general manager of Arrow OEM computing solutions, in a statement. "Our global customers now have a cost-effective way to penetrate the Asian market while maintaining the same quality standards they are accustomed to in North America."
 
As well as shifting manufacturing to China, the partnership also allows Arrow to shift a customer’s supply chain to China without the need to revamp a product’s BOM. "We can now shift the customer's component buy to China," said Jennifer Johnson, director of technical services at NAC. "When we source in North America, we had to transport parts from Asia. Now we're sourcing in the region where the manufacturing will take place."

SAN FRANCISCO -- Manufacturers of semiconductor equipment expect 2006 to be the second largest year ever for sales of new semiconductor equipment, according to a mid-year forecast by the SEMI Capital Equipment Consensus announced during SEMICON West.
 
Following an 11.3% decline in 2005, the equipment market will grow 18% to $38.8 billion in 2006. Survey respondents – based on interviews conducted in May and June with major equipment companies – see the market remaining flat in 2007 but resuming double-digit growth to reach $44.1 billion in 2008.
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Singapore – EMS provider Flextronics will hire more than 1,000 workers at its plant in northeast Hungary starting in September. Miklós Temesfalvi, deputy head of the local labor center, announced the hires in an interview with the Budapest Business Journal last week.
 
Temesfalvi said that the number may include a number of rehires. In February, the company announced plans to lay off 950 workers, but only 300 actually left. The plant currently has 1,100 employees.
 
Flextronics explained the earlier layoffs citing the seasonal nature of the products it makes, as well as differences in the size and number of its orders.

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