IRVINE, CA – EMS firm Probe Manufacturing reported 57% revenue growth for its fourth quarter 2011compared to the same period of 2010.
HUMLEBAEK, DENMARK -- IKEA is breaking into the consumer electronics market with a new line of A/V systems, Reuters is reporting.
TAIPEI -- Hon Hai Precision today denied a report that the company is the focus of Apple's announced environmental audit of its Chinese suppliers.
MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES -- Filipino government agencies are actively recruiting Foxconn, hoping rising labor costs in China will encourage the world's largest EMS company to locate certain manufacturing here.
SYDNEY -- Redflow has put a joint manufacturing plant with Jabil in Singapore on hiatus, pending increased orders.
PARIS -- Asteelflash Group has formed a joint venture with electronics engineering company Adetel Group to offer a comprehensive package ranging from product design to turnkey manufacturing.
DORSET, UK – Blakell Europlacer said its UK distribution division has reported record figures for the first quarter of 2012, with sales exceeding £2.25 million, including 11 iineo pick-and-place machines.
First-quarter customers included both contract electronics manufacturers and OEMs, and were approximately 50% existing and 50% new clients.
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ELKHART, IN -- CTS's electronics manufacturing services factory outside Bangkok has been fully restored and is operational, the company said today.
SMYRNA, GA -- Murata has signed a definitive agreement to acquire RF Monolithics as the components manufacturer moves further into the medical and energy end-markets.
SANTA ANA, CA – From the moment one steps through the door of Express Manufacturing Inc.'s Southern California headquarters, attention to detail is paramount.
ARLINGTON, VA – A new Jedec subcommittee will develop standards for non-volatile wireless memory.
The subcommittee, part of JC-64 Committee for Embedded Memory Storage and Removable Memory Cards, will be chaired by Nokia and vice-chaired by Micron Technology and Samsung Semiconductor.
To participate in the JC-64.9 Subcommittee for Wireless Memory, visit http://www.jedec.org/join-jedec.
WICHITA, KS – Integra Technologies has expanded its current counterfeit detection services here.