KENT, UK – April semiconductor sales were up 15.6% sequentially, says Future Horizons. March numbers were down 7.6%.
April showed the best sequential growth since the same month in 1955, according to the research firm’s recent report.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil Circuit Inc. today reported fiscal third-quarter 2009 net revenue of $2.6 billion, down 16.1% year-over-year.
Net loss for the quarter was $28.8 million compared to net income of $38.4 million for the same quarter last year.
EL SEGUNDO – First-quarter global PC shipments amounted to 66.5 million units, down 8.1% year-over-year, and a 14.4% drop sequentially, says iSuppli Corp.
STAMFORD, CT – Electronic equipment markets should begin a recovery in the fourth quarter of 2009, enabling the electronics industry to enter into a sustained recovery in the second half of 2010, with a reacceleration in sales in 2011, according to Gartner Inc.
ST. LOUIS – LaBarge Inc. has been awarded a $2.3 million contract from Northrop Grumman Corp. to continue to produce electronic equipment for the AN/AAQ-24(V) Directional Infrared Countermeasure system.
ESPOO, FINLAND – Nokia Siemens Networks has agreed to acquire certain assets from Nortel.