FRAMINGHAM, MA — The fourth quarter of 2005 saw new records for mobile phone shipments, largely driven by vendors stocking the channels in time for the holiday season. According to IDC, worldwide mobile phone shipments rose 19.3% year over year and increased sequentially 16.8%, good for reach a quarterly record of 245.2 million units.
An analyst with the firm said the quarter portends solid growth into 2006.
An analyst with the firm said the quarter portends solid growth into 2006.
ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND – Companies exporting electronics to Switzerland should be advised of a new regulation for chemicals called the ChemRRV. According to a senior engineer at the EMPA Technology and Society Laboratory, ChemRRV bans the same substances outlawed in the RoHS directive.
SAN JOSE -- Sanmina-SCI Corp. last night reported first-quarter revenue rose 3.5% to $2.86 billion sequentially but fell 12% year-on-year.
For the quarter ended Dec. 31, the GAAP net income was up 300% to $21.2 million sequentially but fell 13% from a year ago. The company received a one-time income tax adjustment of $64 million.
For the quarter ended Dec. 31, the GAAP net income was up 300% to $21.2 million sequentially but fell 13% from a year ago. The company received a one-time income tax adjustment of $64 million.
SINGAPORE -- Tiny in size but strategically vital, Singapore is eyeing big gains in electronics manufacturing even as its competitors in Southeast Asia grow by the month.
In a report released this week Sinagpore's Electronics Development Board agency set a target of $5 billion in new manufacturing investments for 2006 and is looking to double manufacturing output to $185 billion by 2018.
In 2005, the EBD said, the nation attracted about $5.2 billion worth of new fixed-asset investment commitments for manufacturing, up 2.4% over 2004. Electronics accounted for over half of these new commitments, and are expected to make up half of the 16,700 new manufacturing jobs expected.
Major investments included semiconductor wafer fabs and assembly and testing including a Micron plant expansion, a new $50-million wafer-level packaging plant by Schott Electronics, and a massive $1.2 billion, two-year commitment from STMicroelectronics.
In a report released this week Sinagpore's Electronics Development Board agency set a target of $5 billion in new manufacturing investments for 2006 and is looking to double manufacturing output to $185 billion by 2018.
In 2005, the EBD said, the nation attracted about $5.2 billion worth of new fixed-asset investment commitments for manufacturing, up 2.4% over 2004. Electronics accounted for over half of these new commitments, and are expected to make up half of the 16,700 new manufacturing jobs expected.
Major investments included semiconductor wafer fabs and assembly and testing including a Micron plant expansion, a new $50-million wafer-level packaging plant by Schott Electronics, and a massive $1.2 billion, two-year commitment from STMicroelectronics.
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.
-- Sales of RFID tags and related products will hit $2.71 billion this year, and rise to $12.35 billon by 2010, says research firm IDTechEx.
The firm says 600 million tags were sold in 2005, and 1.3 billion tags will be sold this year. Of that, the majority will be used for a range of diverse markets from baggage and passports to contactless payment cards and drugs. About 500 million RFID smart labels will be used for pallet and case level tagging.
In the short term large “closed loop” markets requiring high value RFID will remain very profitable and companies will seek to position themselves as the leader in hardware and integration in different vertical market segments, IDTechEx said.
Many markets are being created, such as real-time location systems using active RFID. Growth in passive RFID will be driven by the tagging of high volume items - notably consumer goods, drugs and postal packages, IDTechEx said.
The firm also predicts more use of different frequencies and increased interest in high frequency (13.56 MHz) tags and systems.
The firm says 600 million tags were sold in 2005, and 1.3 billion tags will be sold this year. Of that, the majority will be used for a range of diverse markets from baggage and passports to contactless payment cards and drugs. About 500 million RFID smart labels will be used for pallet and case level tagging.
In the short term large “closed loop” markets requiring high value RFID will remain very profitable and companies will seek to position themselves as the leader in hardware and integration in different vertical market segments, IDTechEx said.
Many markets are being created, such as real-time location systems using active RFID. Growth in passive RFID will be driven by the tagging of high volume items - notably consumer goods, drugs and postal packages, IDTechEx said.
The firm also predicts more use of different frequencies and increased interest in high frequency (13.56 MHz) tags and systems.
TORONTO -- Celestica today reported fourth-quarter revenue of $2.08 billion, down 11% from last year. The GAAP loss for the December quarter narrowed to $28 million, from $810 million a year ago.
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