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HAMILTON, VA -- Catcher Holdings Inc.,
a maker of portable handheld computer and communications
devices, has inked a manufacturing deal with Key Tronic. Terms were not disclosed.
Chief executive Charles Sander said the deal will help Catcher Holdings in commercializing its proprietary wireless PCs. "We are excited to have KeyTronicEMS leverage its engineering, design and manufacturing expertise for the benefit of our technology."
Chief executive Charles Sander said the deal will help Catcher Holdings in commercializing its proprietary wireless PCs. "We are excited to have KeyTronicEMS leverage its engineering, design and manufacturing expertise for the benefit of our technology."
SAN JOSE -- Outsourcing of cellphone manufacturing will increase
about 10 points over the next four years. However, the majority
production will remain in-house, says research firm iSuppli.
The fast pace of R&D changes in cellphones will limit the ability of ODMs to convince OEMs to outsource their design work, the firm said.
The fast pace of R&D changes in cellphones will limit the ability of ODMs to convince OEMs to outsource their design work, the firm said.
ELKHART, IN -- CTS Corp. today announced a $32 million deal to build a electronic throttle control accelerator pedal module for a major
Japanese automobile manufacturer.
Production is scheduled to start in July of 2007. The production program is expected to generate sales of over $7 million per year by 2008 and over $32 million in total new revenues for CTS over the life of the program.
CTS did not disclose the OEM's identity.
"This is a new customer to CTS and is also the fourth Japanese OEM to select CTS' electronic accelerator pedal module," said Christine Trowbridge, Pedal Business Manager for the Automotive Products Group.
The pedal will be used on a global small-car platform that will be manufactured in three Asian countries.
To date, CTS' pedal module has been selected by seven automotive OEMs for 42 different automotive platforms. It is produced in North America, Asia and Europe. Pedal module sales are expected to reach $18 million this year and ramp to over $60 million by 2008, based on current contracts..
Production is scheduled to start in July of 2007. The production program is expected to generate sales of over $7 million per year by 2008 and over $32 million in total new revenues for CTS over the life of the program.
CTS did not disclose the OEM's identity.
"This is a new customer to CTS and is also the fourth Japanese OEM to select CTS' electronic accelerator pedal module," said Christine Trowbridge, Pedal Business Manager for the Automotive Products Group.
The pedal will be used on a global small-car platform that will be manufactured in three Asian countries.
To date, CTS' pedal module has been selected by seven automotive OEMs for 42 different automotive platforms. It is produced in North America, Asia and Europe. Pedal module sales are expected to reach $18 million this year and ramp to over $60 million by 2008, based on current contracts..
Munich – Christopher Associates was presented with the Sales Achievement Award for implementing Pb-free solder pastes at leading customers in North America at the recent Koki Global Sales Meeting held during Productronica.
The award recognized activities including extended product evaluations, technical support in the implementation of Pb-free processes, customer education and training, and successful changeovers to Pb- free solder pastes in high production applications.
Koki (Tokyo, Japan) is a supplier of solder pastes, fluxes and other soldering products.
The award recognized activities including extended product evaluations, technical support in the implementation of Pb-free processes, customer education and training, and successful changeovers to Pb- free solder pastes in high production applications.
Koki (Tokyo, Japan) is a supplier of solder pastes, fluxes and other soldering products.
NASHVILLE — Kyzen Corp. has appointed CCR, based in Ontario, as its manufacturing representative for Canada. Kyzen develops and produces cleaning materials for electronics and manufacturing operations.
“We are pleased to have such an experienced partner as CCR, ” said Tom Forsythe, VP of global sales and marketing. “The staff have numerous years of experience supporting their customers’ cleaning processes.”
“We are pleased to have such an experienced partner as CCR, ” said Tom Forsythe, VP of global sales and marketing. “The staff have numerous years of experience supporting their customers’ cleaning processes.”
Jersey City, NJ – In August, the U.S. Patent Office awarded a patent to Cookson Electronics Assembly Materials Group for its Alpha Dimensions Stencil Configuration, Design and Ordering Software. The patent, "System and Method for Modifying Electronic Design Data" covers the part of the software that allows unique or custom stencil design rules to be electronically programmed into the system and then automatically applied to any standard stencil data file (ie. Gerber 274x) creating a new data file that is used to produce the stencil.
"We are very pleased to be issued this important patent. Cookson Electronics has invested in Alpha Dimensions as a unique way of providing our customers with a highly accurate and reliable way of applying their increasingly complex stencil designs,” said Mike Murphy, Global Product Manager for stencils. “Alpha Dimensions also gives us the ability to apply a particular customer’s design rules to stencils produced by any of our stencil manufacturing sites worldwide. This supports our customer’s ability to easily transfer production jobs between their global sites."
Cookson developed the system with the help of ProVision Software.
"We are very pleased to be issued this important patent. Cookson Electronics has invested in Alpha Dimensions as a unique way of providing our customers with a highly accurate and reliable way of applying their increasingly complex stencil designs,” said Mike Murphy, Global Product Manager for stencils. “Alpha Dimensions also gives us the ability to apply a particular customer’s design rules to stencils produced by any of our stencil manufacturing sites worldwide. This supports our customer’s ability to easily transfer production jobs between their global sites."
Cookson developed the system with the help of ProVision Software.
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