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NEW YORK -- This year will bring a significant increase in sales of video-enabled devices because of increased content availability and a greater number of video playing devices, says the research arm of SG Cowan.
Citing the number of products on display at last week-s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, SG Cowan said the arrival of digital video is to "positively impact a wide range of semiconductor companies spanning memory to logic to analog conversion and power management."
Citing the number of products on display at last week-s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, SG Cowan said the arrival of digital video is to "positively impact a wide range of semiconductor companies spanning memory to logic to analog conversion and power management."
Anaheim, CA – Susan Mucha, president of Powell-Mucha Consulting, will present a tutorial during Apex on “Creating Competitive Advantage in Today’s EMS Market.” The course will be held on Feb. 7 from 2-5 p.m. at the conference center in Anaheim.
“EMS marketers face a lot of challenges: low budgets, prospects with unrealistic cost expectations, competitive issues and cycles of changing technology,” says Mucha. “But, these challenges have been repeating themselves for decades. This tutorial looks at industry patterns and discusses strategies to overcome both current short-term challenges such as the transition to RoHS compliance and sustaining challenges such as finding adequate budget in a low margin industry. We also dissect the entire EMS value proposition and look at business models appropriate in various industry tiers.”
The tutorial covers five key areas: sources of competitive advantage in EMS services, brand definition/promotion, lead qualification/mindshare maintenance, packaging EMS services and account acquisition strategy development. Susan Mucha has been involved in marketing EMS services since 1981.
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ELKHART, IN -- CTS Corp. today said it will shut down a factory in Berne, IN, and relocate production to another in-state facility and to Mexico
and Singapore this year. The company will take restructuring charges of $4.5 million to $5.5 million.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Jabil Circuit and Carl Zeiss will develop joint venture for optical modules development., with Jabil holding the majority interest, the companies said.
BRUSSELS – November semiconductor
sales in Europe were up 3.2% sequentially with
strong performance in microcontrollers and microprocessors.
PHUC DIEN INDUSTRIAL ZONE, VIETNAM -- A subsidiary of Brother Industries Ltd., the maker of printers and other communications devices, will invest $40 million in a new manufacturing plant in the Hai Duong Province of Vietnam.
Brother Industries Vietnam Ltd. will build printers, faxes and other multifunctional gear for export at the plant, which is due to come online in April 2007. The plant will employ 500 workers and produce about 30,000 units will be produced per month, Brother said.
Brother Industries Vietnam Ltd. will build printers, faxes and other multifunctional gear for export at the plant, which is due to come online in April 2007. The plant will employ 500 workers and produce about 30,000 units will be produced per month, Brother said.
ARLINGTON, VA -- Factory sales of consumer electronics will reach a new high of $135.4 billion in 2006, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. The trade group issued its forecast ahead of the annual International Consumer Electronics Show, the world's largest consumer technology trade show.
Glen Cove, NY – Photocircuits Corp. received the Milspec 31032 and 55110 Qualification from DSCC in Columbus, OH.
The company sees this qualification as an important step in its transformation to a significant producer of high reliability PCBs for communications, computer, industrial and now military markets.
“As our volume business continues to transition to our PC Asia factory in Kunshan, China, our New York operations will become predominately a proto, quick turn, high mix and military manufacturer of circuit boards,” said Rick McNamee, CEO.
“With the Milspec Qualification in place we expect to be able to ramp up our military business, both production and protos” said Alan Abbate, director of sales. “We have been involved in a number of military programs for over a year supporting several customers.”
Military products are expected to grow significantly over the next few years to represent a significant portion of the company’s domestic business. Photocircuits now has Milspec, Proto/Quick Turn and standard high mix production capabilities in the U.S. as well as PC Asia in China.
The company sees this qualification as an important step in its transformation to a significant producer of high reliability PCBs for communications, computer, industrial and now military markets.
“As our volume business continues to transition to our PC Asia factory in Kunshan, China, our New York operations will become predominately a proto, quick turn, high mix and military manufacturer of circuit boards,” said Rick McNamee, CEO.
“With the Milspec Qualification in place we expect to be able to ramp up our military business, both production and protos” said Alan Abbate, director of sales. “We have been involved in a number of military programs for over a year supporting several customers.”
Military products are expected to grow significantly over the next few years to represent a significant portion of the company’s domestic business. Photocircuits now has Milspec, Proto/Quick Turn and standard high mix production capabilities in the U.S. as well as PC Asia in China.
JERSEY CITY, NJ – Cookson Group PLC sold its conformal coating business unit to an investment bank for $55.5 million in cash.
Bunker Hill Capital purchased Specialty Coating Systems for an immediate cash payment of $54 million, with the balance due upon closing of the sale of the SCS China business in early 2006.
HONG KONG -- Foxconn International Holding, the world's sixth largest handset maker, said its 2006 sales should grow at least 30%, according to a news report today.
Analysts estimate that FIH, a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics, had revenues of $5 billion to $6 billion in 2005, the report said.
MINNEAPOLIS -- EMS provider Nortech Systems has signed an agreement to purchase Telex Communications' 140,000-sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Blue Earth, MN, in a move to bolster its aerospace systems business.
The sale is scheduled to close on June 30; terms were not announced.
The sale is scheduled to close on June 30; terms were not announced.
SAN FRANCISCO -- A December poll of the nation's CIOs revealed IT
budgets will grow 8% over the next 12 months, up from 6% in November.
Spending projections were up in most categories month over month with modest declines in security software and telecom equipment, said Chris Whitmore, an analyst at Deutsche Bank, which cosponsors the monthly poll.
Spending projections were up in most categories month over month with modest declines in security software and telecom equipment, said Chris Whitmore, an analyst at Deutsche Bank, which cosponsors the monthly poll.
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