LONDON – World industrial/medical semiconductor revenues are projected to grow 9% in 2010 to $22.5 billion, and to grow almost 10% in 2011 to $24.6 billion, says Semicast Research.

The firm also forecasts revenues of semiconductors in the sector to rise to $35.7 billion in 2015, a CAGR of almost 10% from 2009 to 2015.

In the downturn of 2009, semiconductor revenues in the sector dipped less than 7% from 2008, but still finished the year at a level in excess of the 2007 total.

Compared with a decline of 11% for the overall semiconductor market in 2009 (with automotive down 17%), the industrial/medical market has performed well compared with other sectors, says Semicast.

Renesas Electronics was the leading supplier of semiconductors to the industrial/medical sector in 2009, ahead of Infineon Technologies and STMicroelectronics; Analog Devices and Texas Instruments completed the top five.

SHENZHEN – Enthone’s Dr. Bernhard Wessling and Indium’s Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee won best paper awards for the recent SMTA China conference.

Wessling won for “Organic Metal Based Nanofinish Technology for Advanced Surface Finishes,” while Lee won for “Testing and Prevention of Head-In-Pillow.”

IBM China Procurement Company/Celestica (Dongguan-SSL) Technology’s YongKang Wang was awarded the Best Presentation of Technology Conference Two for “Lead-Free PTH Rework Process Challenges and Solutions for A Complex Server PCBA.”

DEK’s Yi Li and 3M Asia Pacific’s Harold Wang received Best Presentation of Vendor Conference for “Optimising the Print Process for Mixed Technology” and “Electronic Components Packaging Technology Trend,” respectively. Shenzhen Kunqi Xinhua Technology’s Mark Yin also received vendor conference best presentation for “Environmental Protection, Energy Saving, Consumption Reduction and Quality Improvement – Reformation for Electronic Products Manufacturing.”

The award for the Best Emerging Exhibit of the Year went to PVA for its PVA2000SF selective coating system.

The award for the Best Exhibit Technology of the Year went to Accelonix for its Finero Quanti electrical safety and functional tester.

OLATHE, KS -- Elecsys reported first fiscal quarter sales from its electronics manufacturing services segment rose 50% year-over-year to $3 million.

TAIPEI -- Hon Hai (Foxconn) chairman Terry Gou lowered the electronics manufacturing company's long-term growth target by half to reflect a saturated computer market.

SANTA ANA, CA -- Charlie Barnhart & Associates will produce a free half-day presentation on global electronics manufacturing risk minimization Oct. 20 in Santa Ana, CA.

ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH, LEICESTERSHIRE -- Electrochemicals manufacturer Electrolube has moved its worldwide headquarters and UK factory to larger premises here.

BOSTON -- An industry equipment auction raised more than $100,000 to benefit the LiveSTRONG organization in its fight against cancer.

WEYMOUTH, ENGLAND – DEK said it would launch ProActiv technology during a free webinar to be held Sept. 24 and 27.

The webinar will explain how the technology will boost screen printing performance by enhancing aperture fill and paste release for manufacturers working with heterogeneous and ultra fine pitch assemblies.

It will guide participants through the process and reveal how the technology is able to deliver unprecedented productivity, the firm says.

The webinar will be followed by a live Q & A session with DEK product managers.

Six seminar sessions are being held in different languages.

To register, visit www.dek.com/webinar.

ST. LOUIS -- LaBarge today reported fiscal 2010 fourth-quarter net earnings grew 85% to a record $4.82 million as the company profited from higher demand in most end-markets.

WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Industry and Security stressed the new export control rules announced Tuesday are designed to protect military security even while streamlining the process for sensitive and less-restricted products.

MILPITAS, CA -- The Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association will meet here Sept. 22 to discuss the global photovoltaic technology outlook.

MUNICH -- Placement machine manufacturer deliveries increased almost 60% sequentially in the second quarter, making it the strongest quarter since 2000.