SAN JOSE – The MicroElectronics Packaging and Test Engineering Council has named Ronald Steger, partner-in-charge of global semiconductor practice, KPMG, as keynote speaker for its Feb. 19 symposium in San Jose.
In his presentation, The Consumer Electronics Boom - How Semiconductor and Consumer Electronics Companies Can Improve Cost, Time-To-Market and Product Quality, Steger will provide analysis of survey results, with a particular emphasis on time-to-market and cost-reduction initiatives.
Other topics at the symposium, titled Semiconductor Packaging – Impacting the Age of Consumer Electronics, include time-to-market and consumer semiconductor packaging; cost-of-ownership challenges for consumer products; solutions for consumer product miniaturization, and advancing technologies for consumer electronics.
ELKHART, IN – CTS Corp. today reaffirmed its financial guidance for full-year 2008 sales, expected to be essentially flat from 2007.
CTS will release earnings for the fourth quarter and 2008 on Jan. 28.
CTS designs and manufactures electronic components and sensors, and is a provider of EMS to OEMs in the automotive, computer, communications, medical, defense and aerospace and industrial markets.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Jabil Circuit today reported fiscal first quarter revenues of $3.38 billion, basically flat versus last year. The company's gross profits slipped to $223.7 million from $239.7 million in the year ago quarter.