EL SEGUNDO, CA – The impact of the recession and rising sales of smartphones will deal a setback to contract manufacturers in the global handset market, limiting the companies to less than a 30% share of the wireless handset market during the next four years, says IHS iSuppli.

COLLEGE PARK, MD – CALCE and IPC will sponsor a technical seminar May 24 and 25 here: JISSO Forum on Reliability of Electronics.

This seminar is intended to provide an interactive forum to discuss the latest concerns, trends and technologies in electronics that impact product reliability.

CALCE, IPC and members of the JISSO International Council will speak on embedded technologies, batteries, environmental regulations, counterfeit avoidance, test and simulation methods, and the emerging field of prognostics.

Attendees will get a snapshot of integrated electronics development and manufacturing, and receive input on technologies that will impact the electronics industry over the next 10 years.

JISSO North America will also host the Annual JISSO International Conference (May 25 – 27) and a standards meetings for the IEC Technical Committee 91 on printed circuit boards (May 23 – 25), both also at the University of Maryland. 

BANNOCKBURN, IL – An estimated one-third of all printed circuit boards for US defense or military systems are produced outside North America, according to recent IPC data.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai) non-consolidated revenues rose 33.2% year-over-year in April to NT$204.9 billion ($7.2 billion) on growth in consumer electronics.