JASPER, IN -- Kimball International today reported net sales fell 6% from a year ago to $327.6 million and income from continuing operations rose 93% to $8.2 million for its December quarter.
ST. LOUIS -- EMS provider LaBarge reported December quarter net sales rose 2% year-over-year to $68.2 million. Net earnings declined to $249,000, from $3.4 million last year, on a writedown of inventory and debts from a large customer.
ZALAEGERSZEG, HUNGARY – Flextronics will sack 400 workers from
its plant here by the end of March, according to published reports. The cuts will bring the total number of recent layoffs to
1,400, including contract workers, Zalai HÃrlap reports.
TAIPEI -- Worldwide shipments of netbooks are expected snare a 17.2% share of
the overall notebook PC market in 2009, according to a new research report.
Netbook OEMs shipped 14.6 million
units in 2008, a number that's expected to climb to 26.3 million
units this year, research firm Displaybank asserts.
Asustek Computer
and Acer own the lion's share of the market, with more than 70% of shipments in 2008, the firm said. The top five makers of netbooks are Acer (37.2%), Asus (33.2%), HP (7.5%), MSI (4.8%) and Intel (2.2%).
NEW YORK – Cisco’s lower guidance suggests lower sales for its top EMS suppliers, including Jabil, Celestica, Flextronics and Sanmina-SCI, an industry analyst said yesterday.