MINNEAPOLIS -- The SMTA is seeking abstracts for the Third International
Conference and Exhibition on Green Manufacturing and Industry
Development for Electronic Products.
The trade group is seeking papers on green electronic product design
and manufacturing, SMT and service adaptability, green materials, retrieving and recycling of waste products
and other topics.
The conference will be held May 13-14, 2006, in Tianjin,
China.
Abstracts of 200 to 400 words should be submitted by Jan. 30, to SMTA administrator JoAnn
Stromberg. It is expected that papers will be presented in Mandarin or
with translation.
For full details on submitting an abstract: joann@smta.org.; smta.org/education/education.cfm#call.
PALO ALTO, CA – HP’s server revenue growth outpaced that of all other
major server vendors worldwide, according to third quarter 2005 figures
from research group IDC.
HP was No. 1 in total worldwide revenue for the three major
operating systems of Windows, Linux and Unix individually as well as
combined – together, these three operating systems comprise more than
95% of units shipped and 80% of revenue worldwide.
Clinton, NY – Bill Brunstedt has joined Indium Corp. as Asia-Pacific market development manager. Based in Singapore, he will manage the business development efforts for the region, focusing on new and existing regional markets, general market strategies and new product requirements.
Brundstedt spent the last 21 years with BTU International, most recently as managing director for the Asia Pacific region.
Indium is a supplier of electronics assembly materials, including solder pastes, solder preforms, fluxes, Pb-Free solder alloys, underfill materials, die-attach materials and more.
NORWALK, CT --The global market
for green materials is estimated at $6.1 billion in 2005 and is
expected to reach $8.7 billion by 2010, an average annual growth rate
of 7.4%, according to a soon-to-be-released report from Business
Communications Co.
Green materials include Pb-free
solders and solder coatings, and replacements for PBB and PBDE,
hexavalent chromium, cadmium and mercury. PBB and PBDE replacements
accounted for $3.5 billion in 2003, $4.3 billion in 2004, and $4.7
billion in 2005.
HIALEAH, FL -- Simclar Inc.,
a electronics contract manufacturer,
reported September quarter revenue of $16.6 million, up 25.4% from last year. Net income fell to $242,000 versus
$486,000 a year ago.
Excluding the
May 1, 2005 acquisition of Simclar (North America), revenue for the quarter would have
been $14.9 million, up 11.9%, and net income would have been $353,000.
SIOUX FALLS, SD -- Raven Industries
reported sales rose 11% to a
record $54.1 million over the year-ago period and net income rose 32%
to a record $6.9 million for its third quarter ended OCt. 31.
The company took a $820,000 after-tax writeoff of
an acquisition in the prior year; excluding that, the net income grew 14%.
For the
quarter, electronic systems sales were down 2% percent to $13.7
million. The division posted operating income of $1.9 million, up 18%
from a year ago. Customers requested early delivery of product in the
second quarter,
which reduced third quarter shipments.
For the first nine months of the
year, sales totaled $42.3 million, up 21% from the last year while operating income more than doubled, to $6.9
million.