PHOENIX – Charlie Barnhart Associates has published a new report on electronics outsourcing in emerging countries.

The 80-page Next Horizons in Electronics Manufacturing: Building a Successful Global Strategy comprises data and analysis geared specifically to EMS professionals charged with planning a global strategy.

The report includes profiles on Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Chile, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam.

It discusses the backgrounds and a brief history of each geography; an assessment of each geography’s market potential for electronics; infrastructure issues relevant to manufacturing; population statistics: workers vs. buyers; EMS profiles of select companies already operating in the geography, as well as industry association activity, and CBA’s assessment of opportunities and challenges, plus an analytical framework for decision-making.

For a complimentary copy of the executive summary, visit http://charliebarnhart.com/next-horizon/. 

LONDON -- The global market for SMT equipment is projected to top $5.5 billion by 2015, with growth driven by technological advancements, particularly component miniaturization, according to a new research report.

BEIJING -- China has unveiled a supercomputer incorporating thousands of graphics chips and capable of achieving a sustained performance of 2.5 petaflops.

WASHINGTON — President Obama recently signed legislation reinstating and extending tax benefits for electronics companies.

ZHENGZHOU CITY -- Foxconn is nearing completion on the first phase of a massive campus in this northern China city and will hire more than 140,000 workers in the coming year, a local news source is reporting.

DANDERYD, SWEDEN -- Electronics manufacturing services provider NOTE has signed an agreement to divest its 50% holding in a subsidiary in Krakow, Poland.

TOKYO — Hitachi is calling published reports of the sale of its LCD manufacturing unit to Foxconn premature.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Orders for printed circuit boards from North American fabricators rose 5% year-over-year in November.

NEWARK, NY -- IEC Electronics has received a $7.4 million add-on order to build circuit boards for satellite communications modems from one of its defense customers.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – IPC will hold its annual IPC Midwest Conference & Exhibition here Sept. 21–22.

MACAO, CHINA -- Deswell Industries reported fiscal second-quarter sales in its contract electronics and metallic segment rose 28.1% to $10.9 million.