HAVERHILL, MA, -- Contract manufacturer Lightspeed MFG will open a dedicated prototype unit in this Boston suburb to meet growing demand for quickturn services.
LAS VEGAS – A trio of Cisco engineers took home the US Best Paper honor at IPC Apex last week.
LAS VEGAS – At the Apex Expo, IPC reelected one board member and elected three new board members.
They include returning member Shane Whiteside, chief operating officer of TTM Technologies; Bhawnesh Mathur, CEO of Epic Technologies; Ray Sharpe, CEO of Isola, and Mark Wolfe, vice president, quality supply management, Phoenix International Corp.
All four will serve four-year terms, through April 2015.
IPC also honored outgoing board directors Jack Calderon and Sammy Yi.
SANTA CLARA, CA -- Revenue for mobile displays is forecast to grow 47% this year and 19% in 2012, according to data released today by DisplaySearch.
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BRADENTON, FL – Aided in part by a local grant, contract electronics assembly firm Creonix will hire up to 100 workers to meet higher demand.
The EMS company has received a grant of $121,000 from Manatee County, Florida. It currently has 60 employees.
Creonix is coming off a big year, in which it expanded its factory by 9,000 sq. ft., bringing it to 24,000 sq. ft., and more than doubled its revenues. Creonix also bought the assets of fellow EMS firm MSI of Central Florida last October.
STAMFORD, CT – 2010 global semiconductor sales were up 31% to $299.4 billion, the largest dollar increase ever as a result of post-recession demand, says Gartner.
Memory vendors reported the strongest growth, with strong demand for mobile devices.
Intel kept its No. 1 spot for the 19th consecutive year, with its revenue from semiconductors up 26%; its market share, however, fell slightly compared to commodity memory vendors.
No. 2 Samsung saw its semiconductor sales surge 58% because of DRAM and NAND flash booms.
No. 3 Toshiba's semiconductor revenue was up 29% on strong sales of NAND flash memory used in mobile devices.
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