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CUPERTINO, CA -- Apple Computer has launched an audit of the plant that builds its iPods in response to published reports of the factory's poor working conditions.
The plant is located in Longhua, China and is owned by Foxconn, the world's largest EMS company.
Circuits Assembly reported on the problems last week.
The plant is located in Longhua, China and is owned by Foxconn, the world's largest EMS company.
Circuits Assembly reported on the problems last week.
Carpinteria, CA - NuSil Technology, a manufacturer of silicone-based materials, has opened its first technical support office in Asia.
The office, located in Penang, Malaysia, will specialize in optoelectronics and electronic packaging, served by the company’ s Lightspan products and its low-outgassing electronic packaging materials respectively.
T.Y. Lim is the application engineer heading the office.
According to a press release, the company has noticed recent growth in the Asian optoelectronics industry.
COPENHAGEN -- Lego, the maker of the ubiquitous
building blocks and other toys, will outsource most of its production to
Flextronics over the next three years, with the EMS
provider taking over some Lego plants. Other production will be moved to Flextronics’
plants in Eastern Europe and Mexico.
No financial terms were immediately disclosed.
The move breaks new ground for Flextronics. "It's not electronics, it's plastic molding," said Alexander Blanton, an analyst at Ingalls & Synder told TheStreet.com. "This is the first major piece of business that I have seen of that nature."
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