Based on data collected this month, GPS shipments could reach 61.3 billion units this year, up from 41.8 billion last year.
North America buys 63.3% of GPS systems sold, Europe 28% and Asia Pacific 6.3%, IEK said.
By application, handhelds make up 41% of all GPS systems, car-use 11%, mice 9%, modules 4% and wireless telecom 3%
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16 - John Waryold, an well-known expert in conformal coating and a 44-year veteran of electronics manufacturing, retired from HumiSeal effective Aug. 31. He will continue to advise the company in a lesser role.
Waryold, who for the past 20 years was vice president and general manager at HumiSeal, was also chairman of the task group responsible for most of the conformal coating standards in use today.
Waryold spent 44 years at HumiSeal, beginning his career in 1960 as a lab researcher and also holding positions in technical service and sales. He invented 1B31 and several other products that have become industry standards.
He authored several papers, and a chapter on conformal coating in the Printed Circuit Handbook. Waryold received the IPC President's Award in 2000 for chairing the task group that wrote IPC-CC-830.
The move is effective immediately.
Under terms of the deal, Apera will represent Legacy's entire line of component products, including PCB subassemblies and DDR memory modules.