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SUWANEE, GA – ASYS Solar tripled its annual
revenues for the fourth time in a row on “substantial orders” in the second
half of 2008, the firm says.
The privately held firm, which develops equipment for backend solar cell production, recently hired additional personnel in R&D, production and service.
Production floor space at the company’s headquarters in Dornstadt, Germany has been doubled to approximately 200,000 sq. ft.
ASYS Solar is a business unit of the ASYS Group.
MANKATO, MN – Winland Electronics reported
fourth-quarter net sales of $7.8 million, up 3.6% year-over-year.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The SMTA and MEPTEC are combining events to create the 2009 Medical Electronics Symposia, which will be held Sept. 23 and 24 in Tempe, AZ.
Each organization will organize complementary one-day tracks of technical presentations to be held on opposite days. Attendees will have the option to attend both days of the program or purchase a one-day pass to attend individual sessions.
The symposia will cover development, reliability and quality of medical electronics, materials processing and medical electronics assembly, battery technology, environmental and worldwide regulations and more.
Both organizations will issue a call for abstracts in April.
For information, contact Melissa Serres at melissa@smta.org.
The SMTA Medical Electronics Symposium, previously held in Anaheim, CA and Minneapolis, MN, is in its 6th year.
MEPTEC’s symposium, in its 4th year, has been held in Phoenix, AZ.
SAN JOSE -- Flextronics
International, in a statement issued today, said it would cut an undisclosed number of jobs and close certain plants as the world's second largest EMS company tries to rebound from a global slump.
Flextronics also said it will move manufacturing capacity to lower-cost sites.
EL SEGUNO, CA — Eight
of the Top 10 semiconductor firms suffered revenue declines for the year, according
to iSuppli Corp.
TAIPEI - Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) reported its lowest revenues in two years, with February non-consolidated falling 10.5% sequentially and 10.6% year-over-year.
The company, the world's largest EMS provider, had sales of NT$82.7 billion ($2.38 billion) for the month.
Foxconn cited IT seasonality and lackluster consumer electronics sales for the drop.
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