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TAIPEI -- A recent fire at Foxconn Electronics' Juarez, Mexico, plant will not affect supply, the company said today.
AUSTIN – March shipments of large-area TFT LCD panels reached 37.9 million units, up 29% sequentially, according to DisplaySearch.
STOCKHOLM -- NOTE AB, a top 50 EMS company, reported March quarter sales of SEK 329.1 ($38.6 million), down 23% from a year ago.
BROMMA, SWEDEN -- Micronic Laser Systems will acquire Mydata Automation in a stock-based deal. The combined company will have annual revenues of approximately SEK 1.2 billion ($140 million) and 640 employees.
The chip market, which fell 3% last year to $248.6 billion, should just top $200 billion this year. However, says the research firm, this slump looks different from 2001, and the market will rebound much more easily this time around.
By 2011, IC revenue will reach $269.1 billion, outdoing 2007, says Databeans.
REDWOOD SHORES, CA -- Oracle is breaking into the equipment business in a big way, agreeing to buy Sun Microsystems in a $7.4 billion deal. Closing is expected this summer.
SAN JOSE – The 90-day average of orders of North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers was $278.9 million in March, down 76% from last year.
SAN DIEGO – SMTA’s deadline for submitting 300-word abstracts for the 2009 SMTA International conference is April 24.
