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NEW YORK – Vietnam’s January 2007 entry into the World Trade Organization set in motion what’s become a fast-growing electronics manufacturing locale. The Southeast Asian nation’s low labor cost, availability of trainable local population and favorable government policies are attracting global EMS/ODM companies to set up operations, says research firm Frost & Sullivan.
COLORADO SPRINGS – Photo Stencil has expanded its capacity in the US and abroad, adding an LPKF StencilLaser G 6080 at its Colorado Springs headquarters.
The company also upgraded its photoplotting infrastructure and added electroformed stencil manufacturing capacity and capability, and expanded its manufacturing facility in Penang, Malaysia.
The company also upgraded its photoplotting infrastructure and added electroformed stencil manufacturing capacity and capability, and expanded its manufacturing facility in Penang, Malaysia.
INDIANAPOLIS – Private investment firm Berwind Corp. has acquired Specialty Coating Systems from Bunker Hill Capital L.P. for an undisclosed sum.
BRUSSELS – After eight years of study, the European Commission has cleared Tetrabromobisphenol A for use without restriction in the EU. This marks the end of an official risk assessment of TBBPA, a brominated flame retardant used in more than 70% of PCBs.
The EU Risk Assessment evaluated TBBPA for potential risks to human health and the environment. The commission concluded no risk was identified for the reactive use of TBBPA such as in epoxy resins used in printed circuit boards.
JACKSON, MI -- Sparton Corp. will close its Albuquerque, NM, facility by Sept. 30, succumbing to the business climate, offshore competition and volatile market demand.
The 110,000 sq. ft. plant builds assemblies for customers in the industrial markets.
The 110,000 sq. ft. plant builds assemblies for customers in the industrial markets.
DANBURY, CT -- Praxair Inc. is raising prices for nitrogen and other gases by 10 to 20% for customers in the US, effective July 1, or as contracts permit.
The company said it would raise prices 10% to 20% for nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, and other gases, and would hike monthly fees up to 15%.
Praxair is a leading supplier of nitrogen in the US.
"These actions are being implemented in response to rapidly escalating energy, fuel, and other operational costs, current supply/demand imbalances, and increases in the cost of capital goods to support customer product supply," the company said in a release.
The company said it would raise prices 10% to 20% for nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, and other gases, and would hike monthly fees up to 15%.
Praxair is a leading supplier of nitrogen in the US.
"These actions are being implemented in response to rapidly escalating energy, fuel, and other operational costs, current supply/demand imbalances, and increases in the cost of capital goods to support customer product supply," the company said in a release.
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