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ENDICOTT, NY – Catalyst Manufacturing Services has acquired certain assets of fellow NY-based EMS provider Ramp Industries. No financial terms of the agreement were disclosed.
The combined companies will provide manufacturing of electronic and electro-mechanical assemblies, as well as complex wire harness assembly.
Ramp has provided electronic assemblies, system integration and wire harness assemblies to military and industrial customers.
The combined companies will provide manufacturing of electronic and electro-mechanical assemblies, as well as complex wire harness assembly.
Ramp has provided electronic assemblies, system integration and wire harness assemblies to military and industrial customers.
Catalyst is a contract manufacturer with locations in Endicott; Raleigh, NC; and Tijuana.
ARLINGTON, VA – Electronic component orders bounced back in May after a dip in April, while the 12-month average remains relatively flat, says the Electronic Components Association.
The industry remains strong, despite economic problems facing the US. Bill Mitchell, chairman and CEO of Arrow Electronics, said reasons to be optimistic include increasing electronics content pervading consumer’s lives and commerce; $1 trillion in spending in defense and aerospace industries; a 3% growth in lighting each year through 2012, with the LED market tripling in size; $86 billion spent in life-enhancing technologies for health care, and increased spending in transportation to accommodate a growing population and produce new breeds of fuel-efficient vehicles.
The industry remains strong, despite economic problems facing the US. Bill Mitchell, chairman and CEO of Arrow Electronics, said reasons to be optimistic include increasing electronics content pervading consumer’s lives and commerce; $1 trillion in spending in defense and aerospace industries; a 3% growth in lighting each year through 2012, with the LED market tripling in size; $86 billion spent in life-enhancing technologies for health care, and increased spending in transportation to accommodate a growing population and produce new breeds of fuel-efficient vehicles.
“While the electronics industry is inextricably connected to the health of the overall economy, there are many more positive drivers for electronic components,” says Bob Willis, ECA president. “Our industry is certainly not immune to downturns, but so far we’re staying on course for around 6% growth this year.”
TAIPEI -- Delta Electronics reported consolidated sales
revenues for May totaled NT$12.3 million, up 22
% over last year, and 4%
from April. Year to date sales are up 20% versus 2007.
Power supplies made up 60% of sales, components (including EMS sales) 19%, displays 3% and industrial automation 4%.
Power supplies made up 60% of sales, components (including EMS sales) 19%, displays 3% and industrial automation 4%.
THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN -- Digi-Key Corp. has announced a global distribution agreement with TriQuint Semiconductor and a separate North America deal with Finisar Corp.
Under the agreements, Digi-Key will supply TriQuint's communications modules and components, and Finisar's pluggable optical modules for datacom and telecommunication applications.
No other terms were announced.
Under the agreements, Digi-Key will supply TriQuint's communications modules and components, and Finisar's pluggable optical modules for datacom and telecommunication applications.
No other terms were announced.
SOLIHULL, UK – Hundreds of workers reportedly walked out of Fujitsu’s electronics factory here to protest plans to move several dozen jobs to the US.
Representatives of the local union said 24-hour strike was the result of failed negotiations with plant management. The union wants to head off the transfer of some 150 jobs to a plant in Texas, reports said.
TOKYO -- Juki Corp. celebrated its 70th anniversary this week by announcing the sale of its 20,000th placement machine.
Just ahead of the Protec trade show, one of the world's largest for assembly, Juki celebrated its December 1938 founding by 900 machine makers located in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The companies formed Tokyo Juki Manufacturers Association in Kokuryo-Cho, Chofu-City, Tokyo. (It was renamed in September 1943.)
The company also announced the donation of 8 million yen to the Chinese government and China Red Cross in the name of the Sichuan earthquake survivors.
Last week at the SMT/Hybrid/Packaging trade show in Nuremburg, Germany, the company sold a reported 10 machines.
Overall, Juki sells more than 200 placement machines each month, president Bob Black reportedly said.
Just ahead of the Protec trade show, one of the world's largest for assembly, Juki celebrated its December 1938 founding by 900 machine makers located in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The companies formed Tokyo Juki Manufacturers Association in Kokuryo-Cho, Chofu-City, Tokyo. (It was renamed in September 1943.)
The company also announced the donation of 8 million yen to the Chinese government and China Red Cross in the name of the Sichuan earthquake survivors.
Last week at the SMT/Hybrid/Packaging trade show in Nuremburg, Germany, the company sold a reported 10 machines.
Overall, Juki sells more than 200 placement machines each month, president Bob Black reportedly said.
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