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WASHINGTON – The U.S. International Trade Commission will investigate HP’s claims that rival computer maker Acer is importing into the U.S. certain PCs and digital display devices that infringe HP patents.
MILPITAS, CA — Flextronics has signed a five-year deal to lease 100,103 sq. ft. at an industrial complex in Milpitas, effective next month. The company has not disclosed its intentions for the facility.
The EMS company will occupy about 60% of the 168,000-sq. ft. foot building.
The EMS company will occupy about 60% of the 168,000-sq. ft. foot building.
ARLINGTON, VA – JEDEC and IPC are seeking speakers to participate in two conferences dedicated to addressing reliability and reliability testing for Pb-free electronics: one in Berlin, Oct. 4-5; the other in Austin, TX, Dec. 3-5.
Proposals are being solicited for 30-45 minute timeslots, full-day tutorials (six hrs.) or half-day workshops (3 hrs.) on topics such as reliability, moisture sensitivity, process issues, rework, etc. An honorarium is offered to tutorial instructors.
Abstract deadlines are June 15 for the Berlin conference and Aug. 31 for Austin.
For more information, please visit http://www.ipc.org/calendar/2007/LFReliability_10_07/Relia_Test_CFP.pdf.
CHICAGO – Boeing honored 11 companies with its premier supplier award at its annual ceremony in Bellevue, WA.
Jena-Optronik of Jena, Germany received the award in the category of avionics; the Electronics/Hydraulics/Mechanical award went to Senior Systems Technology of Palmdale, CA. Major Structures was given to Korean Airlines Aerospace Division, Busan, South Korea. Patriot Machine, St. Charles, MO received the Purchased Outside Production award; Common Aerospace Commodities went to Wildwood Electronics, Madison, AL. New Breed Logistics, High Point, NC, was recognized for Aerospace Support; WebEx of Santa Clara, CA, received honors in the Non-Production/Shared Services Group category; SI International, Reston, VA, was recognized for Technology. The Diversity/Small Woman Business Enterprise award went to Barrios Technology, Houston, TX, and Diversity/Small Minority Business Enterprise went to Carrillo Business Technologies, Westminster, CA. Finally, the Diversity/Boeing Protégé award was given to Pacific Contours of Anaheim, CA.
Winners were determined based on statistical measurements of quality, on-time delivery, post-delivery support and cost over a 12-month period through September 2006. They also were evaluated on their ability to anticipate and respond to changing customer requirements.
The 2006 Supplier of the Year winners were selected from a field of more than 27,000 Boeing suppliers in nearly 100 countries.
Jena-Optronik of Jena, Germany received the award in the category of avionics; the Electronics/Hydraulics/Mechanical award went to Senior Systems Technology of Palmdale, CA. Major Structures was given to Korean Airlines Aerospace Division, Busan, South Korea. Patriot Machine, St. Charles, MO received the Purchased Outside Production award; Common Aerospace Commodities went to Wildwood Electronics, Madison, AL. New Breed Logistics, High Point, NC, was recognized for Aerospace Support; WebEx of Santa Clara, CA, received honors in the Non-Production/Shared Services Group category; SI International, Reston, VA, was recognized for Technology. The Diversity/Small Woman Business Enterprise award went to Barrios Technology, Houston, TX, and Diversity/Small Minority Business Enterprise went to Carrillo Business Technologies, Westminster, CA. Finally, the Diversity/Boeing Protégé award was given to Pacific Contours of Anaheim, CA.
Winners were determined based on statistical measurements of quality, on-time delivery, post-delivery support and cost over a 12-month period through September 2006. They also were evaluated on their ability to anticipate and respond to changing customer requirements.
The 2006 Supplier of the Year winners were selected from a field of more than 27,000 Boeing suppliers in nearly 100 countries.
SIOUX FALLS, SD – Raven Industries reported record first-quarter net income of $8.5 million, up 14% year-over-year. The company attributes its revenue growth to strong performance of its Flow Controls Division.
SHENZHEN – SMTA China is requesting technical papers for SMTA China South, which will be held Aug. 27-31 in conjunction with Nepcon South China.
Abstracts, author biographies and PowerPoints must be submitted in both English and Chinese, and all presentations must be made in Chinese.
Topics of interest include 01005 assembly, 3-D SiP, PoP, Pb-free reliability, component supply integrity, legal responsibility of non-RoHS parts/products entering europe, materials and process characterization, and flex circuit assembly.
Email abstracts to Peggy Chen, peggy@smta.org. Please include name, job title, company affiliation and all pertinent contact information.
The deadline for abstracts is May 30.
EL SEGUNDO, CA – Global semiconductor revenue will rise to $281.4 billion in 2007, up 8.1% from $260.2 billion in 2006, according to iSuppli. Earlier, iSuppli predicted 10.6% growth for the year.
The growth rate of the global semiconductor industry is slowing because of weaker mobile phone growth, excess chip inventories and lower DRAM prices, says the research firm. The decline in outlook is a result of less demand and lower prices for memory chips.
The growth rate of the global semiconductor industry is slowing because of weaker mobile phone growth, excess chip inventories and lower DRAM prices, says the research firm. The decline in outlook is a result of less demand and lower prices for memory chips.
Excess semiconductor inventories in the global electronics supply chain remained at $2.8 billion at the end of the first quarter.
Growth in the mobile-phone segment will slow dramatically in 2007 compared to 2006, which will impact chip sales, continues iSuppli. Revenue in the wireless communications equipment sector will rise to $202.3 billion in 2007, up 4.3% from $193.9 billion in 2006. This compares to 8.2% growth in 2006.
The biggest factor behind iSuppli's forecast revision is a reduction in expected DRAM revenue. The DRAM market hit a peak in 2006, with revenue rising by 35.2% to $33.9 billion. This strong increase will be followed by a major slowdown in growth, with revenue rising only 8.6% to reach $36.9 billion in 2007, predicts iSuppli. The company’s previous prediction was 13% growth in DRAM revenue this year.
The primary cause of the reduction is a plunge in DRAM average selling prices as available supplies increase. Memory suppliers are shifting capacity to DRAM and away from less-profitable NAND-type flash in 2007.
iSuppli also marginally reduced its outlook for global electronic equipment revenue in 2007. Global electronic equipment shipment revenue will rise to $1.49 trillion in 2007, up 6.3% from $1.4 trillion in 2006. This compares to iSuppli's previous forecast of 6.8% growth.
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Asia will dominate the EMS/ODM markets for the next several years, reports In-Stat. China, with low-cost advantage and high demand, will account for nearly 76% of the Asian EMS/ODM market in 2011, the high-tech market research firm adds.
In-Stat says the Asia contract electronics manufacturing market will grow to $281.8 billion in 2011, from $121.5 billion in 2006. Asia will capture 55.1% of the global EMS market in 2011, up from 45% in 2006.
Consumer electronics will experience the fastest growth rates, followed by the communications segment.
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WASHINGTON, DC – China is now the third largest destination for U.S. high-tech exports, says the AeA. In its just-released 15th edition of the Competitiveness Series, the AeA analyzes the growing economic relation between the U.S. and China in terms of high-tech trade and foreign direct investment.
Between 2000 and 2006, U.S. high-tech exports to China more than tripled to $14.1 billion, from $4.6 billion. Only the U.S.’s two NAFTA partners, Canada and Mexico, are larger export destinations for American tech products. On the other side, U.S. tech imports from China nearly quadrupled, to $102 billion from $26 billion between 2000 and 2006.
Total U.S. direct investment in China was $16.9 billion in 2005, a 12% increase over 2004. Chinese investment in the U.S. is small but rising, up 11% from 2004 to 2005, says AeA.
AUSTIN, TX – Newisys Inc., developer of multiple server technologies, is closing its manufacturing operation in Austin, TX and laying off 87 local employees.
Part of Sanmina SCI Corp., the San Jose-based parent company notified the Texas Workforce Commission of the layoffs in a letter dated May 8.
Newisys was founded in 2000 to capitalize on the Opteron chip produced by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and was picked up by Sanmina SCI in 2003. It employed 100 people at that time.
Executives at Sanmina SCI could not be reached for comment.
Part of Sanmina SCI Corp., the San Jose-based parent company notified the Texas Workforce Commission of the layoffs in a letter dated May 8.
Newisys was founded in 2000 to capitalize on the Opteron chip produced by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and was picked up by Sanmina SCI in 2003. It employed 100 people at that time.
Executives at Sanmina SCI could not be reached for comment.
LOS ANGELES – Northrop Grumman Corp. plans to close its Interconnect Technologies business in Missouri, and will discontinue PCB manufacturing for third parties, effective July 31.
Its interconnect business base is declining, and the plant is currently operating at about 25% capacity, the company said in a statement.
The factory produced backplanes and printed circuit boards.
PHOENIX – EMS provider Suntron Corporation reported net sales of $65.2 million and an operating loss of $1.2 million for the first quarter of 2007.
Gross profit for the first quarter was $3.5 million (5.3% of net sales), a decrease of $4.5 million compared to $8 million (8.4% of net sales) year-over-year.
Net sales in the first quarter last year were $95.8 million. This reflected a one-time increase in sales from an industrial customer and strong demand from semiconductor equipment customers.
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