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SAN JOSE – Worldwide sales of semiconductors grew 7.6% year-on-year in July.
Sales were up 2.8% sequentially, to $22.2 billion. Year-to-date sales are up 5%, rebuffing fears of a market recession.
Sales were up 2.8% sequentially, to $22.2 billion. Year-to-date sales are up 5%, rebuffing fears of a market recession.
LOS ALTOS, CA – Semiconductors have fallen, revenues slowed and factory investment has headed south. In fact, outlays for chip facilities are forecast to be off 20.3% this year after a modest 5.7% advance in 2007, says Henderson Ventures.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Marc Chason, founding partner of Quantum Solar Group, will speak at the iNEMI Sustainability Summit.
Chason will address technologies for providing lighting and energy generation that reduce energy requirements in the entire lifecycle of electronics.
The summit will be held Sept. 22-23 in Schaumburg, IL.
The Quantum Solar Group finds market niches and provides technology market data and roadmaps in the solar photovoltaic space suitable for PWB fabricators, EMS and SMT organizations and their suppliers.
SHANGHAI – iNEMI and Intel Corp. will hold a symposium on environmentally friendly materials Nov. 11 and 12 at the InterContinental Hotel in Shanghai.
The symposium will address ongoing discussions about the elimination of brominated flame retardants, chlorinated flame retardants and PVC from electronic products, and the impact this will have on the supply chain. The main goals are to discuss concerns about BFR/CFR/PVC-free materials, identify opportunities to address these concerns, and continue the process of industry alignment on common solutions to implement these materials.
Topics covered at the symposium will include OEMs’ environmental positions and roadmaps, supply chain readiness, and challenges such as material availability, cost and reliability. Speakers include representatives from Intel, Dell Inc., Nan Ya and Lenovo.
For more information and to register, visit http://www.inemi.org/cms/calendar/Intel_Environmental_Materials.html.
CHARLOTTE, NC – Camstar Systems reported second-quarter total revenue increased 40% year-over-year.
SARASOTA, FL - Inovaxe Corp. named Ron Wrable director of sales, responsible for sales and channel management within the North Americas. He has 25 years’ experience in sales and sales management within the electronics industry, most recently as regional sales manager for Kyzen and CyberOptics Corp.
TAIPEI – PC maker Compal Electronics reported flat second-quarter earnings for its June quarter.
TAIWAN – Foxconn International’s first-half net profit was $142.2 million, down 56% year-over-year, as a result of higher operating costs, product changes and increased investment spending.
AUSTIN, TX – BPM Microsystems has signed a deal with EMS firm VirTex Assembly Services to manufacture the former's printed circuit boards.
No financial terms of the agreement were disclosed.
“VirTex has been especially beneficial to us as we have responded to the needs of companies that serve the automotive, consumer, industrial and aerospace industries,” said Tim Nolte, director of global marketing for BPM.
BPM designs device programmers and automated programming systems.
No financial terms of the agreement were disclosed.
“VirTex has been especially beneficial to us as we have responded to the needs of companies that serve the automotive, consumer, industrial and aerospace industries,” said Tim Nolte, director of global marketing for BPM.
BPM designs device programmers and automated programming systems.
ST. LOUIS – LaBarge today reported fiscal 2008 fourth-quarter net sales of $77.8 million, up 20% year-over-year.
Fourth-quarter net earnings at the EMS firm rose 58% to $4.58 million, compared to the same quarter last year.
Fourth-quarter net earnings at the EMS firm rose 58% to $4.58 million, compared to the same quarter last year.
VANCOUVER, BC – A subsidiary of Northstar Electronics has received orders from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics totaling nearly $4.12 million for work on the P3 Service Life Extension Project.
The work will cover the next 28 aircraft shipsets and is under the umbrella of a previously announced contract.
The firm is manufacturing components for production service life extension kits for the P3 aircraft.
Production for this phase is scheduled for completion by the end of 2009.
The work will cover the next 28 aircraft shipsets and is under the umbrella of a previously announced contract.
The firm is manufacturing components for production service life extension kits for the P3 aircraft.
Production for this phase is scheduled for completion by the end of 2009.
TAIWAN – ODM Qisda (formerly BenQ) reported second-quarter consolidated revenue of about $96.6 million, resulting in an after-tax profit of $18.05 million.
The firm’s second-quarter revenue increased 4.2% sequentially. However, after-tax profit fell nearly $3.74 million as a result of decreases in non-operating revenue and product profit margins, the company said.
The firm’s second-quarter revenue increased 4.2% sequentially. However, after-tax profit fell nearly $3.74 million as a result of decreases in non-operating revenue and product profit margins, the company said.
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