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ARLINGTON, VA -- August orders for electronics components rose, reversing a summer dip, the Electronic Components Association said today. Orders remained flat year-over-year, however, the trade group said.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – EMS firm SigmaTron International reported fiscal 2009 first-quarter revenues of $38.5 million, down 3.3% year-over-year.
Net income was $579,324, down nearly 30% compared to the same period last year.
The company said that while backlogs have remained steady, customer inventory levels are dipping in response to uncertainty over the economy.
“While our first quarter has historically been one of our softer quarters in terms of revenue,” said Gary R. Fairhead, SigmaTron president and CEO, “I believe the drop in revenue indicates the concern our customer base has regarding the economy. As the economy slows, inventory levels are a significant concern, and I believe the lower revenues are reflective of our customers making a modest adjustment to their inventory levels for the balance of calendar 2008.”
He said that given the uncertainty regarding the economy, the second quarter revenue is expected to ramp slower and lower than in prior years.
During the quarter, SigmaTron laid off personnel at its factories in Elk Grove Village, IL, and Mexico.
Net income was $579,324, down nearly 30% compared to the same period last year.
The company said that while backlogs have remained steady, customer inventory levels are dipping in response to uncertainty over the economy.
“While our first quarter has historically been one of our softer quarters in terms of revenue,” said Gary R. Fairhead, SigmaTron president and CEO, “I believe the drop in revenue indicates the concern our customer base has regarding the economy. As the economy slows, inventory levels are a significant concern, and I believe the lower revenues are reflective of our customers making a modest adjustment to their inventory levels for the balance of calendar 2008.”
He said that given the uncertainty regarding the economy, the second quarter revenue is expected to ramp slower and lower than in prior years.
During the quarter, SigmaTron laid off personnel at its factories in Elk Grove Village, IL, and Mexico.
THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN – Component distributor Digi-Key Corp. will distribute Altium’s Desktop NanoBoard, including a 12-month timed Altium Designer License.
Digi-Key also plans to carry Altium’s NanoBoard plug-in peripheral and FPGA daughter boards.
The Altium products are available for purchase directly from Digi-Key.
No financial terms concerning this agreement were disclosed.
Digi-Key also plans to carry Altium’s NanoBoard plug-in peripheral and FPGA daughter boards.
The Altium products are available for purchase directly from Digi-Key.
No financial terms concerning this agreement were disclosed.
SAN JOSE –Texas Instruments VP of emerging medical applications Doug Rasor will keynote the upcoming Medical Electronics symposium: Technology Concepts Enabling Product Reality.
His talk, How Technology will Revolutionize Healthcare in the 21st Century and Beyond, will highlight the third annual MicroElectronics Packaging and Test Engineering Council event.
The event takes place Sept. 25 at Arizona State University in Tempe.
Other sessions will include Revolutionary Concepts in Medical Electronics; Advanced Materials for Medical Electronics; Key Enabling Technologies, and Next Generation of Bio-Medical Systems.
For more information and to register, contact bcooper@meptec.org or visit www.meptec.org.
His talk, How Technology will Revolutionize Healthcare in the 21st Century and Beyond, will highlight the third annual MicroElectronics Packaging and Test Engineering Council event.
The event takes place Sept. 25 at Arizona State University in Tempe.
Other sessions will include Revolutionary Concepts in Medical Electronics; Advanced Materials for Medical Electronics; Key Enabling Technologies, and Next Generation of Bio-Medical Systems.
For more information and to register, contact bcooper@meptec.org or visit www.meptec.org.
SMYRNA, GA – The PCB West 2008 two-day exhibition will be held Sept. 16 – 17 at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, CA.
The exhibition features a sold-out show floor of 46 exhibiting companies for the PCB design industry. Exhibitors include Advanced Assembly, Applied Spectra, Dassault Systemes, Elgris Technologies, EMA Design Automation, Intercept Technology, IPC, JetPCB, National Instruments, Sigrity, Taconic, T-Tech, Valor Computerized Systems, X2y Attenuators, and others.
PCB West is for PCB engineers, designers, fabricators and managers and includes a five-day conference of more than 35 technical courses.
For more information, visit www.pcbwest.com.
TAIPEI – Compal Electronics today lowered its annual sales guidance by 9 to 13%, citing slowing US and European demand. The company, the world's second largest contract assembler of laptops, expects to ship 28 million to 29 million units this year, down from a previous forecast of 32 million. The company also forecast third-quarter shipments would grow 15% sequentially, down from earlier guidance of 20%.
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