DAYTON, OH -- NCR Corp. will outsource its ATM, payment solutions and self-checkout systems to Solectron Corp. The companies did not disclose the estimated value of the five-year contract. The deal covers NCR's ATMs and payment solutions in the Americas and its self-checkout systems globally. NCR will transfer its Americas manufacturing to Solectron's sites in Columbia, SC; Guadalajara, Mexico; and Jaguariuna, Brazil by the end of 2007.
SAN JOSE – Preliminary December bookings at North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers rose 33% year-over-year and reversed a four months of decline.
Makers of semi gear posted
$1.52 billion in orders in December on a three-month average basis, up 7% sequentially, the trade group SEMI said.
BANGKOK – Fabrinet, a manufacturer of optical components, has begun work on a 300,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility near Bangkok, its fourth plant worldwide.
The factory is scheduled for completion in late 2007, and will raise
Fabrinet’s global manufacturing capacity to over one million square
feet.
FRAMINGHAM, MA -- Fourth quarter PC sales rose 8.7% year-over-year, with Hewlett-Packard retaining its top spot, according to preliminary market share data from IDC.
For the quarter, HP had a share of 18.1%, well ahead of second-place Dell's
14.7%.
Lenovo (7.3%) was third, followed by Acer (7.1%) and Toshiba (3.7%).
HP's unit sales rose 24% year-over-year, its fastest pace since 2000 and three times the market rate. Dell's shipments fell 9%. Apple's unit growth was 28% -- despite a 10% increase in average selling prices -- giving the company a 2.4%
worldwide share.
According to Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore, "We believe
Dell's unit weakness is the result of efforts to improve mix/margins
by exiting the low-end market, particularly $300 consumer. We
expect this strategy to pressure revenues in the near term but
support Dell's profitability over the next few quarters."
In the U.S., Apple's shipments rose 32% and now accounts for 4.7% of the
market, up from 4.1% a year ago.