TEMPE, AZ, Jan. 3 - Manufacturing growth accelerated in December, driven by a significant increase in the new orders. Production ticked down - its third straight decline - but backlogs firmed, said the Institute for Supply Management.
Manufacturing grew for the 19th consecutive month, ISM said, based on its monthly poll of the supply chain.
"This completes a strong year for manufacturing based on the ISM data, as the overall index averaged above 60% for 2004," ISM chairman Norbert Ore said. "While there is continuing upward pressure on prices, the rate of increase is slowing and definitely trending in the right direction."
The PMI measure of economic activity rose to 58.6%. New orders rose 5.9 points and production fell 0.1 point.
BEIJING, Dec. 23 -- Connector production in China is soaring as local manufacturers will produce $2.1 billion worth -- 50 million -- of connectors this year, according to news reports.
Global Sources said this week that the connector market in China will rise to $3 billion next year, or about 60 million parts. There are 600 connector manufacturers in the country, the report said.
China makes up one-third of connector production worldwide.
The company's Fremont facility has been certified to 13485 quality standards for medical device quality systems. The standards are said to supplement ISO 9001 and 9002 standards.
The certification was conducted by Orion Registrar Inc., a quality and environmental systems registrar.
SAN JOSE, Dec. 27 -- Manufacturing will surge in China in the next three years, provided the nation isn't overcome by social and political issues, says a new report. Semiconductors, product assembly and design services will all share in the gains, says iSuppli (www.isuppli.com).
China's share of the global semiconductor market will grow 50% by 2008, rising to 22% from its current 14%, the firm says. Sales of manufactured products will also grow 50%, to $301 billion in 2008, various news reports quoted Byron Wu, China chief manager and senior analyst.
EMS revenues will more than double, going from $18 billion last year to $45 billion in 2008, good for a 28% global share, the report said. ODM revenues, another burgeoning segment, will grow to $108 billion, from $40 billion last year. By 2008 China will have 75% of the global ODM market, iSuppli said.
Accrding to market researchers IDC, 2005 will be a huge year for handheld game consoles and other portable gaming devices. The firm lists Sony's new PSP handheld gaming device and Nintendo's DS as standouts.
The firm also forecasts continued broadband adoption and VoIP.
HDD-based, portable MP3 players will see strong growth. Portable media players, however, will disappoint.
Digital camera shipments will exceed 80 million units, pushing conventional film cameras out. Winners will be Canon and Olympus, at the expense of most consumer electronics vendors -- Samsung, Panasonic and Casio -- and IT vendors -- HP, Gateway, Epson, Creative Labs and Logitech. (Sony, as a digital camera leader, is the consumer electronics exception, IDC says.)
IP video is a hot topic, but rollouts will be minimal in 2005. IP video efforts and offerings are expected to remain largely on the fringes in many regions, says IDC.
BOSTON, Dec. 28 -- DEK has shipped company record 75,000 stencils this year, the company said today.
"Over the last 4 years, DEK has made significant investments in our logistics infrastructure, manufacturing capabilities and product R&D," says Michael Brianda, European general manager for DEK process support products. "It is very gratifying to see the fruits of our efforts - the 75,000th stencil shipment of 2004."
DEK manufactures a range of stencils and screens for electronics assembly.
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