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SANTA CLARA, CA -- Revenue for mobile displays is forecast to grow 47% this year and 19% in 2012, according to data released today by DisplaySearch.
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BRADENTON, FL – Aided in part by a local grant, contract electronics assembly firm Creonix will hire up to 100 workers to meet higher demand.
The EMS company has received a grant of $121,000 from Manatee County, Florida. It currently has 60 employees.
Creonix is coming off a big year, in which it expanded its factory by 9,000 sq. ft., bringing it to 24,000 sq. ft., and more than doubled its revenues. Creonix also bought the assets of fellow EMS firm MSI of Central Florida last October.
STAMFORD, CT – 2010 global semiconductor sales were up 31% to $299.4 billion, the largest dollar increase ever as a result of post-recession demand, says Gartner.
Memory vendors reported the strongest growth, with strong demand for mobile devices.
Intel kept its No. 1 spot for the 19th consecutive year, with its revenue from semiconductors up 26%; its market share, however, fell slightly compared to commodity memory vendors.
No. 2 Samsung saw its semiconductor sales surge 58% because of DRAM and NAND flash booms.
No. 3 Toshiba's semiconductor revenue was up 29% on strong sales of NAND flash memory used in mobile devices.
BANNOCKBURN, IL — Steve Pudles led a long list of executives and engineers feted by IPC during its annual trade show last week.
ORMOND BEACH, FL -- Werner Engelmaier, perhaps the industry's preeminent expert on solder joint reliability, died Friday. He was 72.
ATTLEBORO FALLS, MA -- Contract electronics manufacturer Distron has started building a 13,000-sq. ft. addition to its headquarters here.
KREUZWERTHEIM, GERMANY -- A German regional court has found for Seho Systems in its patent dispute against Ersa. Ersa is appealing the judgment.
LAS VEGAS – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY today announced winners of its 2011 Service Excellence Awards (SEAs) for electronics manufacturing services providers and electronics assembly equipment, materials and software suppliers.
STRATHAM, NH -- Vitronics Soltec USA will close its facility here and move production of its reflow and selective soldering lines to other Vitronics and Speedline sites.
LAS VEGAS – CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY today announced winners of the 2011 New Product Introduction Award for electronics assembly equipment, materials and software.
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TAIPEI -- Foxconn Technology Group announced plans to invest up to $12 billion in new manufacturing capacity and related services in Brazil.
LYON, FRANCE -- Flip chips made up 13% of all IC packages sold in 2010, and some 29% of the global IC assembly, packaging and test market, a new research report says.
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