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SALO, FINLAND — Nokia plans to close operations in three countries and lay off nearly 19% of its workers by the end of next year as it tries to reduce its enormous red ink.
EL SEGUNDO, CA -- The global hard disk drive industry surged to record revenue in the first quarter, thanks to higher average selling prices that compensated for the wreckage and loss in shipments left by the October floods in Thailand, according to an IHS iSuppli report.
EL SEGUNDO, CA -- Obsolete parts have accounted for slightly more than half of all counterfeit-part reports during the last 10 years, highlighting the critical importance of obsolescence management for the electronic supply chain, according to information researcher IHS.
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IRVINE, CA -- Kia Motors is recalling more than 72,500 of its Rio vehicles due to a defective circuit board sensor mat.
BOSTON – Industry leading mid-market OEMs have already begun restructuring their supply chains, a multi-step process that will take several years, a leading electronics manufacturing analyst asserts.
BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC president John Mitchell took the industry's case against Dodd-Frank to the US House of Representatives, outlining in a letter how existing and proposed regulations could hurt the electronics manufacturing industry.
BEIJING -- China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is seeking comments on a revised draft of its RoHS rules, Measures for Administration of the Pollution Control of Electronic and Electrical Products.
ATLANTA -- Umut Tosun of Zestron will moderate a chat this week on cleaning applications within the SMT process, UP Media Group announced today.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES --- Cirtek Holdings Philippines has its eye on a fellow semiconductor package assembly and test provider in Southeast Asia, the company confirmed.
EL SEGUNDO, CA -- Semiconductor stockpiles held by chip suppliers increased during the first quarter of 2012, but the rise in inventory for a second straight quarter was driven by the anticipation of higher demand from customers, according to an IHS iSuppli Inventory Insider Market Brief report.
NORTH BILLERICA, MA – BTU International announced recipients of the 2012 Dr. Jeffrey Chuan Chu Memorial Fellowship Program in partnership with Middlesex Community College and Lowell, MA.
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