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MANASSAS, VA – Zestron has further expanded its sales and technical support organization in Asia/Pacific.
Tiow Ping Sim has recently joined the team as South Asia sales manager. Located in the company’s new office in Singapore, Sim will manage the local distributor network and support local customers.
Sim graduated in mechanical engineering from the Queensland University of Technology and has more than 15 years’ experience within the SMT and Semicon industries.
In addition, Steven Goh will support customer cleaning process selection, implementation and optimizations, as part of the application technology team.
SINGAPORE -- Flextronics became a little more vertical, completing its acquisition of the FRIWO Mobile Power business unit of CEAG AG. FMP makes power supplies and chargers for mobile phones, and has 18,000 employees and 700,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing capacity in China.
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – The PC microprocessor market is heading for an inflection point in late 2008 or early 2009, when, for the first time, the number of microprocessors shipping for notebook PCs will exceed those shipping for desktop PCs, reports In-Stat.
SAN JOSE – Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments remained essentially stable in the first quarter of 2008, marginally declining 1% sequentially, according to SEMI.
Total silicon wafer area shipments were 2.16 billion sq. inches for the quarter. Compared to the same quarter last year, total area shipments increased 3%.
"Consistent with the conservative industry sentiment, overall silicon shipments declined slightly during the most recent quarter,” said Kazuyo Heinink, chair of SEMI SMG and vice president at MEMC Electronic Materials. ”However, 300 mm wafer shipments continued to grow.”
Total silicon wafer area shipments were 2.16 billion sq. inches for the quarter. Compared to the same quarter last year, total area shipments increased 3%.
"Consistent with the conservative industry sentiment, overall silicon shipments declined slightly during the most recent quarter,” said Kazuyo Heinink, chair of SEMI SMG and vice president at MEMC Electronic Materials. ”However, 300 mm wafer shipments continued to grow.”
NEWARK, NY – EMS provider IEC Electronics Corp. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Val-U-Tech Corp., a privately held supplier of wire harness assemblies in Victor, NY. No financial terms were disclosed and a fiscal third-quarter closing is expected.
Val-U-Tech has annual sales of about $11 million and supplies military, medical and industrial customers.
The combined companies will have 360 employees with revenues in 2009 of approximately $70 million. The combination will be accretive to IEC shareholders.
The transaction is subject to shareholder approval.
Val-U-Tech has annual sales of about $11 million and supplies military, medical and industrial customers.
The combined companies will have 360 employees with revenues in 2009 of approximately $70 million. The combination will be accretive to IEC shareholders.
The transaction is subject to shareholder approval.
UTICA, NY – Indium Corp. named Sherwin Kobak regional sales manager, responsible for soldering product sales throughout Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Kobak is based in Portland, OR, and has 16 years’ experience selling PCB assembly products and specialty metals.
Separately, Indium promoted Karl Pfluke to senior account manager, Metals & Chemicals. He is responsible for sales in North America, with primary focus on the solar energy market. Pfluke is certified by MPIF as a powder metallurgy technologist and by SMTA as a process engineer. He joined Indium in 2001 as a technical support engineer.
Indium is a materials supplier to the global electronics assembly, semiconductor fabrication and packaging, solar photovoltaic, and thermal management markets.
Kobak is based in Portland, OR, and has 16 years’ experience selling PCB assembly products and specialty metals.
Separately, Indium promoted Karl Pfluke to senior account manager, Metals & Chemicals. He is responsible for sales in North America, with primary focus on the solar energy market. Pfluke is certified by MPIF as a powder metallurgy technologist and by SMTA as a process engineer. He joined Indium in 2001 as a technical support engineer.
Indium is a materials supplier to the global electronics assembly, semiconductor fabrication and packaging, solar photovoltaic, and thermal management markets.
