TOKYO – Flextronics will spend up to $500 million over the next 10 to 15 years to build its manufacturing infrastructure in India.

Flextronics’ president for Asia Pacific Peter Tan commented on expansion in Southeast Asia and China’s wage inflation during remarks at the Reuters Technology and Telecoms Summit in Tokyo.

 

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Willow Grove, PA – The Kulicke & Soffa facility in Suzhou, China, has expanded its manufacturing capabilities to produce dicing hub blades and test sockets, in addition to its existing capillary and cantilever probe card product lines. The facility has invested nearly $8 million in equipment and dedicated over 20,000 sq. ft. in its existing plant to the new product lines. 
 
This will now be the company’s largest test socket manufacturing site, hosting over 1,000 employees. 

Carlsbad, CA – Asymtek, together with fluid suppliers Dow Corning, Dymax, EMI and Humiseal, is offering conformal coating workshops in Montreal and Toronto on Oct. 11 and 13. The one-day training programs will provide information about the various types of coatings available -- silicone, acrylics, urethanes, UV-curable coatings and adhesives --and the most recent automated equipment options available for mask-free conformal coating. 
 
Speakers from material and equipment perspectives will review best practices for coating, including how to select, cure and apply. Attendees are encouraged to bring sample parts of current and future applications.
 
There is no charge for the events, but a reservation is required by Oct. 1. For more info., visit:  asymtek.com/news/seminars/canada_2005/.
 

TEMPE, AZ -- EMS provider Three-Five Systems Inc. today filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The petition is part of ongoing actions taken by the company to sell off its assets and subsidiaries.

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