VANCOUVER, Jan. 24 -- Nam Tai Electronics, facing a sharp uptick in orders, will recruit over 1000 more workers this quarter for its manufacturing sites in Shenzhen. The addition will bring the total number of employees to 6,600 by the end of March.
The company has also upgraded its chip on board technology to include gold wire
ball bonding for manufacturing CMOS image sensor modules at megapixel quality. CMOS image
sensor modules are used 3G camera phones
"There is a growing demand for CMOS image sensor modules with better image quality," said Joseph Li, chief executive, in a press release. "With our ongoing advancement of our manufacturing capabilities, we believe that Nam Tai is well positioned to respond to the demand from the fast growing electronic manufacturing industry, especially the optical device area, and to capture more business opportunities arising in this area."