Search Archives  Archive July 2005   Agile and Kalypso announce alliance Automa-Tech swings to profit BTU joins Rolls Royce in celebrating the World's first automated SOFC production line CirTran set to make first shipment in $30 Million contract for fitness machines Digital America 2005 annual Publication, from CEA, highlights trends in the consumer technology industry ESSEMTEC highlights RO400FC reflow oven at Assembly Technology Expo ESSEMTEC introduces FLX 2010 at Assembly Technology Expo Henkel showcases lead-free expertise Hon Hai lands big-ticket orders from Dell Investors link Foxconn investment to Motorola Invotec selects Orbotech's LDI and AOI systems KIC announces lead-free workshop Mobile-phone production accelerates in second quarter New Pb-Free new wave solder flux from Indium OK International names Mark Cowell President Shane Whiteside appointed to IPC board Sparton reaches settlement with insurers VJ Electronix Premiers X1550 X-ray System at Assembly Technology Expo VJ Electronix to highlight rework station at Assembly Technology Expo 2005 Conference program for PCB East 2005 announced Enics strengthens its strategic partnership with Enermet Global semiconductor sales decline by 0.5 percent in May India's electronics industry growth rate will outpace China's, according to In-Stat JPSA introduces large-diameter turning mirror mount LCD TV panels shortage looms; production catch-up by October New Junior Product Manager for ZESTRON Plexus Q3 earnings release and conference call announced The European market slows down in May The Fourth issue of the Lead-Free Web Magazine hits inboxes worldwide Tyco Electronics highlights Harmony-SPX at Assembly Technology Expo Tyco Electronics highlights Opus 3 at Assembly Technology Expo Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) manufacturing IT spending will grow at a CAGR of 11.4% Asustek and Foxconn land desktop PC orders Compal obtains contract orders for 3G handsets from Motorola Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Dr. Jennie Hwang to host a lead-free Q&A forum in Israel Motorola's automotive electronics factory in mainland China begins production RUWEL AG says good-bye to the board member for Technology Taiwan and China hold seminar on technology Taiwan organizes consortium to foster flexible electronics industry Tyco Electronics to highlight Pressfit assembly equipment Aegis Industrial Software gives QCMI a competitive edge ASYS acquires EKRA AT&S General Meeting appoints new Supervisory Board Cal-Comp to take up 7% of Bluetooth firm Camtek to present at Emerging Growth Conference and Semicon West Celestica to repurchase LYONs Compal Communications ships 8.7 million handsets in 2Q Dover announces Q2 2005 earnings release and webcast Feinfocus Fox X-ray inspection series with new HDX-ray(TM) Imaging Chain Find out about the industry's preferred lead free solder Global SMT & Packaging introduces new award program GPV opens PCB factory in China Hon Hai opens handset assembly facility in Tianjin, China India handset market: Sales total US$2 billion in fiscal 2004 Nam Tai makes changes to the Board of Directors Nippon Steel to Boost CCL Output Quanta Display issues bonds to finance 6G TFT LCD plant REMEC sells EMS business to Veritek Tyco Electronics to showcase P300 Pin Inserter at Assembly Technology ExpoAccuPlace presents film adhesive assembly at Semicon West Avnet releases preliminary results from second hazardous materials study Behavior Tech aims to be world's No. 1 keyboard & mouse maker Camtek Ltd. will report Q2 2005 Earnings and host a conference call on August 11, 2005 China's Lenovo joins ranks of top OEM chip buyers in 2005 Christopher Associates installs 3D Solder Paste Inspection Systems Enclosed print head technology from DEK highlighted Foxconn, Motorola denies the report regarding selling of handset's business IPC to host webcasts on lead free legislation LaBarge awarded $7.4 Million contract from Raytheon New packaging material from Henkel Online auction of suplus assets to ongoing operations of Multitech AkroMetrix introduces the MP10 Micro Fringe Projection System for flatness measurement Asustek projects mobo shipments to China will overtake shipments to US by 2007 Calumet leads the way to RoHS Compliance Celestica's 7th annual 'partners in performance' awards recognise commitment of global suppliers CirTran hits $80 Million mark in first-half new business booked Competition heats up between EMS providers Electrolux divests Indian operation to Videocon and signs distribution agreement Flextronics honors companies with 2004 Global Supplier Performance Awards Fuba Printed Circuits GmbH declares itself bankrupt Handset component makers have positive 3Q outlook India's contract-manufacturing revenue to nearly triple by 2009 Lead-free hand soldering and rework initiative from OK International Leading DSC makers in Taiwan expect large OEM/ODM orders from Japan MVP to showcase wirebond and die placement inspection capabilities at SEMICON West Orbotech taps Key Equipment Finance as primary leasing partner Printar announces new Corporate VP Sales and Marketing RUWEL AG continues to grow with its forward-looking products Teradyne announces ATE industry's first universal slot open architecture solution Teradyne to announce Q2 2005 results Toshiba to increase notebook outsourcing in Taiwan in 2005 TSMC monthly sales report - June 2005 - shipments rise Arlink announces Series 7000 adaptable workbench system Asustek wins Sony's desktop PC order, fueling competition with Hon Hai DEK expands distribution network Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan First-tier mobo makers - June shipments up 27.8% on year Foxconn reports June revenues up 6% at NT$47.2 billion GuideTech Femto 2000 CTIA Certified on the Teradyne Flex Platform Hysol introduces QMI168 conductive adhesive MVP to showcase wirebond and die placement inspection capabilities at SEMICON West New flux pen from Cobar Parlex to present at the C.E. Unterberg, Tobin Emerging Growth Conference PCB makers anticipate 5-10% sequential demand growth in July Piergiacomi introduces new ergonomic dissipative range of hand tools Rohm and Haas will release Q2 earnings on Thursday, July 21, 2005 Second-tier CCL makers post positive 3Q outlook TSMC, UMC posted robust sales in June Advanced Circuits invests $1 million in PCB manufacturing equipment BenQ CEO confident of Siemens deal BTU International announces upgrades BTU to feature wafer bump reflow line at SEMICON West CirTran projects record sales and first-ever profitable quarter Implementation of lead-free products will increase cleaning IPCWorks 2005 makes its debut in Las Vegas Isola Group launches new product for the RF/Microwave market iSuppli Webinar Event: Display Drivers - Small Chips, Huge Market KUKA Robotics introduces family of clean room robots LCD makers report mixed sales results Low cost pick and place from ESSEMTEC MVP to Showcase the Supra M AOI System at SEMICON West 2005 Nam Tai receives orders from GN Netcom Palomar wins Editors' Choice Best Product Award for its Precision Gold Wire Bonder and Ball Bumper Suntron announces ISO 13485 certification at its Northwest facility The fourth issue of the lead-free web magazine hits inboxes worldwide Venture Outsource Group sees rise in electronics industry hiring activity AT&S to reduce dependence on Telecomms AVANTEC develops its facilities in North America BID NOW on the surplus SMT equipment for ongoing operations of Multitech BTU International reduces Pyramax cost of ownership CEERIS announces box assembly survey CeTaQ machine capability testing helps IPC-9850 compliance ECA order index holds steady in June ECS to cooperate with Lenovo on server development Gold Circuit to increase Suzhou capacity Ibiden Hungary to Open Plant in Dunavarsany Indium to feature Pb-Free materials at SMTA shows Industry veteran joins distribution and display organizations Motorola increases Asia Pacific investments - New R&D centers in India and Taiwan Raytheon JPS Communications appoints new President Rohm and Haas VP Nick Gutwein speaks at Goldman Sachs' Exhilarated by Electronics Forum SMTA International conference program finalised The world's fastest Microprocessor assembly lines. THT Research - Weekly Newsletter Toshiba Europe GmbH deploys Kinaxis RapidResponse ViTechnology introduces patent-pending Profiler(TM) technology for enhanced post-reflow capabilities Zuken selected as EDA vendor representative BenQ aims to sell 200,000 notebook PCs in 2005 BTU chosen by Rolls Royce as primary contractor ECS enters server board market, to partner with Lenovo Flextronics CEO, Marks inks employment deal FocalSpot's Verifier HR introduced to European market Graphics card makers see OEM orders rebound Henkel celebrates success of RoHS and WEEE seminars LG.Philips posts profit, lifts LCD stock MICRO SYSTEM Technologies 2005 Motorola PCB orders to boost Foxconn International revenues New monitor available for O. C. White video inspection systems Nokia India handset factory to begin operations this year PCB technology makes computers faster Speedline Technologies to exhibit at SEMICON West 2005 Agile recognized as 'hot' company of 2005 Aplus and Flextronics Semiconductor sign licensing agreement for Embedded EEPROM August Technology files lawsuit against Camtek AVX releases updated capability guide BenQ debuts its first AMD-based notebook Camtek files lawsuit against Orbotech Converged handsets lead vibrant mobile devices market in Russia, says IDC DEK wafer bumping and ball placement solutions announced EIPC organise technology trip to Hong Kong to coincide with HKPCA Show Hover-Davis receives two awards Integrated industrial campus for Flextronics at PTP Free Zone KIC receives coveted industry award LCD panel makers foresee higher demand on notebook PC industry Milara receives industry award for printer system PartnerTech working with Bofors Defence on newly developed system Promation receives industry award SigmaTron completes acquisition of Able Electronics Corporation Speedline Technologies exhibits dispenser system at Semicon West 2005 Tamura receives award for solder bath TTM to present at the RBC Capital Markets 2005 North American Technology Conference on August 2, 2005 Two industry awards for Aqueous Technologies Tyco Electronics receives VISION award for RFID line W. M. Hague exhibiting new technologies at IMAPS 2005 What does Samsung know that no one else does? CHRIS CROTTY World's first high-speed bondtester to make debut at SEMICON West 2005 Aqueous Technologies receives industry awards Celestica recognizes SMT Resource Group LLC with first-year global supplier award Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Hover-Davis receives two industry awards Industry first from Agilent PEMSTAR to webcast fiscal 2006 first quarter results conference call on Wednesday, July 27 SigmaTron reports year end financial results for fiscal 2005 Soldertec Global requests applications and nominations for Lead-free Solder Awards 2005 Taiwan's digital still camera makers saw brilliant sales in Q2 TSMC and Kodak signs technology agreements Acer adds Inventec as notebook ODM Aegis doubles sales in 1st half of 2005 Arlink announces Series 7000 workbench system Asustek plans to cut 1,000 Taiwanese jobs and send them to China, report says BTU International Q2 2005 earnings conference call Dr. Jennie Hwang to deliver five-part lead-free tutorials elvia PCB confirms merger with Avi & Peschard and the acquisition of 100% of the shares of the company Hover-Davis appoints Sincotron Finland Oy as distributor Kinaxis named as top performer Kyzen appoints Elnitec AB as distributor for Nordic region Lead-Free Cleaning Study Results Published in Kester's Lead-Free Connection New FlexLink soft products conveyor introduced New 'roll-a-round' base for magnifiers from O.C. White New Speedline Technologies blog announced Raytheon JPS Communications appoints new VP of Sales and Marketing THT Research - Weekly Newsletter TTM Technologies Inc. to conduct Q2 2005 conference call on July 27 2005 International Printed Circuit & Electronics Assembly Fair booth allocation result Acer to cut its stake in BenQ, Wistron and Foxconn Asymtek's Spectrum Series enables precision dispensing for new product development applications, R&D, and batch production AVANTEC Performance Chemicals - new office for The Americas Brand new catalogue by alternativeSMT Hon Hai to expand distribution channels in mainland China ICOS Vision Systems announces date of Q2 2005 results Intel posts record Q2 revenue of $9.2 Billion JPCA change name Lauterbach supports Freescale MPC83XX NPL and TWI join forces to run Conductive Adhesives Workshop Samsung may outsource production of entry-level handsets to Taiwan makers Samsung outsourcing TV panels from AUO and CMO Teradyne announces Q2 results ThinFlex, Matsushita Electric Works to jointly set up FCCL plant in China Tyco Electronics receives industry award for revolutionary RFID line U.S. Leads in Electronic Design Influence, but China is catching up UIC strengthens commitment to Asia region with new appointment Asymtek appoints Chris Marion as Business Unit Manager Camtek will vigorously defend patent infringement claim DEK Galaxy wins AP award Elvia announces euro3M investment decision High pH RFID Alan Kelly LG to contract Ya Hsin to supply 32-inch LCD TVs NPL offers ability to build and qualify high reliability printed circuit assemblies Planes, trains and ...laptops? Raytheon JPS Communications announces new Director of International Sales Rogers reports Q2 results Agile receives Frost & Sullivan award Asustek notebook shipments to Asia Pacific to double in 2005 Asymtek introduces new wafer handler for fluid dispensing systems Bank credit for Fuba Printed Circuits GmbH is accepted Benchmark reports Q2 - sales and earnings up BTU reports Q2 - Net income up 360% over previous quarter Celestica announces Q2 results - revnue up, swing into profit Dover reports Q2 - earnings up Henkel relocates mold compound capabilities to Irvine facility IPC sponsors seminar on emerging miniaturization technologies Lead-free Webinar from Speedline Sypris Solutions, Inc. Q2 conference call on the Internet Taiwan's leading IT, electronics makers cut local workforce THT Research - Weekly Newsletter from Taiwan Zuken announces agenda for American and European customer to customer conferences Aegis integrates Universal Instruments' optimization engine Celestica recognizes SMT Resource Group LLC with Global Supplier Award CirTran's Racore subsidiary adds U.S. Air Force to its list customers CTS Corporation announces release of Monoblock low ripple ceramic filters DRS Technologies awards CTS long-term manufacturing contract Former leader regains the top spot in the Asia/Pacific PC market in 2Q 2005, IDC reports Hands-on Pb-free seminar to be presented by Indium Corporation and ACI Heraeus to display lead-free products at Assembly Tech Expo IPC and JEDEC host 9th International Conference on Lead Free Electronic Components and Assemblies Large-scale revaluation of yuan unlikely - official Reptron Electronics, Inc. announces second facility cerification Solectron closes unit in Belgium Asustek lands notebook orders from HP CyberOptics Q2 conference call scheduled for July 27, 2005 Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Hon Hai & Action deny reports of alliance IPC expresses disappointment in China's currency rate adjustment Kinaxis recognised with award KUKA Robotics signs Nercon Engineering as new system partner Park Electrochemical Corp. announces resignation of CFO Publishing of Elcoteq's Q2 2005 result Siemens insources manufacturing in California Synapse SE completes full certification of development team ZESTRON's VIGON A 200 passes SIR-testing Asustek subsidiary ASRock focuses on Asia Pacific for shipment growth BenQ lands OEM orders for DVD burners from TEAC Calumet Electronics leads the way to RoHS compliance Digitaltest focuses on strategic manufacturing at Nepcon Shenzhen Flextronics announces Q1 results - Net Income Increases 27% Integrated in-line test & inspection Webinar Jabil adds independent board member James Mairs joins CeTaQ as Technical Solutions Manager Lucent names Solectron worldwide manufacturer of wireline products Merix issues statement about insider trading allegations New rep in Northwest US for Indium Corporation Sanmina-SCI Q3 results show loss SMTC schedules Q2 results Sources say Mediatek receives huge orders from Compal and Asustek Tamura Wins Advanced Packaging Award Technology trip to Hong Kong announced Wave soldering machine for lead-free from ESSEMTEC Zuken announces VISULA upgrade 2005 SMTA Hutchins Grant Award recipient announced Asustek likely to secure 2.5G handset orders from Japan vendors Asustek to shift all production lines to China by 3Q06 Asustek's shares rise after news of landing contract BenQ, Pentax form partnership; Asia Optical aims to ship 6.0 million DSC BP Microsystems appoints Atland Inc. as new representative DDi Corp. to present at the RBC Capital Markets North American Technology Conference iSuppli Webinar event: ultra high brightness LEDs John Cooley appointed as Regional Manager Kester's newsletter celebrates one-year anniversary KUKA Robotics joins Society of the Plastics Industry PEMSTAR reports Q1 results - revenue up, swing into loss Plexus reports record Q3 revenues of $313.7 Million Solectron announces $250 Million stock repurchase program The CPMT Society honors iNEMI's Bob Pfahl with its 2005 Electronics Manufacturing Technology Award TTM reports Q2 results - sales and income down Agilent agrees to acquire the business of Eagleware-Elanix AT&S accelerates growth in first quarter BenQ shareholders okay takeover of Siemens unit High school students granted IPC scholarships IEC announces Q3 profit and earnings improvement IPC Book-to-Bill ratios for June stays just over one Nam Tai update on the putative class action New die attach adhesive now available from Henkel Nortech Systems to report Q2 results Aug. 3 Universal products poised to conquer memory market UTAC strengthens sireless test capability with Teradyne FLEX for microwave test