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TORONTO -- Celestica Inc. today promoted its top executive in Asia, while cutting ties with several other longtime employees amid a top-level management shakeup.
The company named president of Asia Operations, John Peri, its executive vice president of global operations, succeeding Jim Rowan, who has left the company effective immediately. Guy Delisle was hired to run Celestica's operations in Monterrey, Mexico, the scene of several operational miscues. Delisle was with Sanmina-SCI.
Chief technology officer Dan Shea is retiring, the company said.
The company named president of Asia Operations, John Peri, its executive vice president of global operations, succeeding Jim Rowan, who has left the company effective immediately. Guy Delisle was hired to run Celestica's operations in Monterrey, Mexico, the scene of several operational miscues. Delisle was with Sanmina-SCI.
Chief technology officer Dan Shea is retiring, the company said.
HOUSTON - BPM Microsystems announced that, with the release of BPWin 4.65.0, it now supports more than 25,000 devices. The company’s device part number library is a culmination of relationships with more than 156 semiconductor manufacturers worldwide, and more than 20 years’ experience in the programming equipment industry, the company said in a press statement. The device part number database is available at www.bpmmicro.com. Additional support for devices is added daily through a software download available from the company’s Web site.
LOS ANGELES – IPC is offering free parking vouchers and train passes for residents of Southern California attending the Apex show later this month. Contact IPC (shows@ipc.org) by Feb. 5 for a free one-day Metro pass. The Metro Rail Blue Line connects with all Metro Rail and Metro Link lines at Union Station and stops directly across from the LA Convention Center, where Apex will be held. Free parking vouchers may be downloaded at www.GoIPCShows.org/parkingvoucher. For maps and directions, please visit www.GoIPCShows.org/travel.
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Ciba Specialty Chemicals and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland will collaborate on organic electronics research, the companies jointly announced. The two-year multidisciplinary project focuses on the development of novel materials and processes for printing organic electronics and aims to open up new application areas. Tekes will provide funding for the collaboration. Ciba will bring decades of materials knowledge to the research, while VTT makes roll-to-roll process developers for printed electronics.
SAN JOSE – Tessera Technologies announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Eyesquad for $18 million in cash. Eyesquad develops and designs digital auto-focus and optical zoom products for camera phones and other products that integrate cameras. Under the terms of the agreement, Tessera will pay about $18 million in cash for all outstanding Eyesquad equity. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2007.
AMSTERDAM - Sony Ericsson will move some handset production to India, where it will be built by Flextronics and Foxconn, the company said today.
The world's fourth largest handset maker said in a statement, "In addition to competitive pricing, these phones will offer customised features for the Indian market, such as local content and customized keypads."
The Indian cellphone market is expected to hit 10 million units by 2009. Sony Ericsson phones sold about 75 million units in 2006.
Sony Ericsson is a five-year-old JV between Sony Corp. and Ericsson.
The world's fourth largest handset maker said in a statement, "In addition to competitive pricing, these phones will offer customised features for the Indian market, such as local content and customized keypads."
The Indian cellphone market is expected to hit 10 million units by 2009. Sony Ericsson phones sold about 75 million units in 2006.
Sony Ericsson is a five-year-old JV between Sony Corp. and Ericsson.
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