NEWBRIDGE, UK -- EMS firm Axiom Manufacturing Services named Mike Jones quality manager and Simon Crewe supply chain manager.
Jones has a degree in electrical and electronic engineering and 25 years’ experience in electronics.
MUMBAI, INDIA -- Electronics OEMs are reporting modest price increases of end-products, the result of higher materials and logistics costs.
In recent days, Mirc
Electronics Ltd., a maker of consumer electronics, said it will raise prices 5 to 7%
across the board.
Also, Videocon Industries also said it will hike prices on consumer goods by some five to 10%.
Mirc Electronics makes TVs, DVD players and white goods under the Onida brand. Videocon makes TVs and white goods. Both companies cited higher raw material prices, especially for copper and other metals.Separately, notebook PC EMS firm Wistron in in talks with customers over increasing manufacturing quotes to reflect rising material and component costs, according to chairman Simon Lin. Wistron is one of the world's largest notebook PC makers.
SAN JOSE – North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor
equipment posted $1.07 billion in orders in April, down 32% year-over-year, SEMI reported.
The three-month average book-to-bill ratio was 0.81, meaning that $81 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.