SUZHOU – UPG International will open a fourth plant here next month to accommodate electronics assembly for its medical segment.
TAIPEI -- Top 20 electronics manufacturing services company Global Brands Manufacture reported revenues of NT$3.17 billion ($108.5 million) in January.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – The Chinese State Intellectual Property Office has granted Cookson Electronics a patent for the Alpha SACX Plus solder alloys.
Covered alloys include SACX Plus 0807, SACX Plus 0307, SACX Plus 0107 and SACX Plus HASL.
Alpha is a business unit of Cookson Electronics.
TAIPEI -- Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn Electronics) reported January revenues of NT$186.23 billion ($6.37 billion), up 36.6% from last year.
SAN JOSE, CA – In 2010, worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 40% to 9.37 billion in2 compared to 2009, says SEMI. Revenues improved 45% year-over-year to $9.7 billion.
“Given current market forecasts, we are expecting solid demand for silicon wafers in 2011, although at a much more modest post-recovery rate,” said Dr. Volker Braetsch, chairman of SEMI SMG and corporate VP of Siltronic.
Wafer shipments are considered a leading indicator for future printed circuit board and electronics assembly orders.
The data include polished silicon wafers, including virgin test wafers, epitaxial silicon wafers, and non-polished silicon wafers shipped by the wafer manufacturers to the end-users.
WASHINGTON -- The US National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration and NASA this week issued their final report absolving Toyota's vehicles of malfunctions that caused unintended acceleration.