MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The SMTA and MEPTEC are combining events to create the 2009 Medical Electronics Symposia, which will be held Sept. 23 and 24 in Tempe, AZ.
Each organization will organize complementary one-day tracks of technical presentations to be held on opposite days. Attendees will have the option to attend both days of the program or purchase a one-day pass to attend individual sessions.
The symposia will cover development, reliability and quality of medical electronics, materials processing and medical electronics assembly, battery technology, environmental and worldwide regulations and more.
Both organizations will issue a call for abstracts in April.
SAN JOSE -- Flextronics
International, in a statement issued today, said it would cut an undisclosed number of jobs and close certain plants as the world's second largest EMS company tries to rebound from a global slump.
Flextronics also said it will move manufacturing capacity to lower-cost sites.
TAIPEI - Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) reported its lowest revenues in two years, with February non-consolidated falling 10.5% sequentially and 10.6% year-over-year.
The company, the world's largest EMS provider, had sales of NT$82.7 billion ($2.38 billion) for the month.
Foxconn cited IT seasonality and lackluster consumer electronics sales for the drop.
ARLINGTON, VA --
Electronic component orders continued to fall in February, but not as
sharply as in January, according to the monthly index compiled by the
Electronic Components Association. The 12-month average, comparing
this year's results to last year's, continued a descent that began last
summer.
Although the overall trend continued to be down there was a glimmer of
hope from a couple of companies that reported orders above 2008 levels in
the last week of the month.
"I believe the numbers show that the economic downturn is affecting
different companies in different ways," said Bob Willis, ECA president, in a statement.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL -- A local paper is reporting that Flextronics has filed documents in
Illinois indicating plans to close operations in Elk Grove Village this Spring, a move that would cost 113 workers their jobs.
The Daily Herald says the operations at 1150 Lively Blvd. and 1065 Chase
Ave. will be closed by May. Flextronics did not comment on the report.