Search Archives  Archive March 2006 Mar 01, 2006 Arrow Electronics to buy back stock Asustek restructuring to separate own-brand and contract manufacturing BSI to launch seminar series at Nepcon 2006 CirTran Projects First Profitable Year for Fiscal 2005, with Worldwide Sales Growing Nearly 1,000% in Two Years Enthusiasm and optimism evident as more than 10,000 converge at APEX European Commission, UK and France block Swedish attempt to ban Deca-BDE GPS devices makers in China and Taiwan expected to achieve US$3.3 billion in 2006 How will the trade balance of Western and Eastern production in the flexible and flex-rigid printed circuits market change over the next five years Intel invests US$300 million to build Vietnam's first semiconductor assembly and test facility Jabil to make water heaters in Arizona Legal Notice regarding ACT Manufacturing Inc. Report of the SMART Group 8th Annual Lead-Free Seminar, 'Question Time' & Exhibition Supply Chain Vision: MP3 Players, a vision realized - and then some CHRIS CROTTY Thermal Reliability the Focus of Indium Corporation at Semi-Therm Mar 02, 2006 Chinese LCD TV Brands Boosting Panel Procurements From Taiwan EIPC Technology Trip China 2006 Elcoteq's guidance remains unchanged Electronic Representatives, Inc. to represent Stackpole Electronics Financial Insights releases annual Top 10 Strategic IT Initiatives for Asia/Pacific capital markets IRC's surface mount current sense resistors rated for 3w to 5w Jabil Announces FAA Certification Juki Automation Systems wins award KIC wins 2006 Service Excellence Award MYDATA to begin European road tour Novatec appoints Head-Tech Engineering as Israel distributor Synerject Completes Acquisition of BRP's Delavan Operations THT Research - Weekly Newsletter from Taiwan YESTech, Inc. names Giancarlo De La Garza as new Latin America Sales Manager Mar 03, 2006 Burkle North America receives award at 2006 IPC Expo/APEX Show Camtek announces 2005 fourth quarter & full year results China's Telecom OEMs covet expanded role in gobal market Europe's Lead-Free Experts To Deliver Solutions at SEMICON Europa 2006 New Area General Manager for DEK Northern Europe SMTA Toronto academy programto feature courses and certification Stand-alone AOI system from Gopel Electronic Valor announces seamless integration with Siemens SIPLACE Pro X-Line to liquidate SMT surplus Mar 06, 2006 Acer to sell over 110,000 notebooks in China in 1Q CircuiTree LIVE back by popular demand in Taiwan and China Compal Communications expected to ship 15 million handsets in 1Q, say sources Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan FormFactor announces proposed public offering of common stock Fuji and Cogiscan announce strategic partnership ICT Seminar - Restriction of Hazardous Substances Pete Starkey, ICT Council Invitation to the AGM of Elcoteq SE iSuppli introduces set-top box cost model Kyzen to exhibit at Carolinas Chapter IMAPS symposium M-Flex announces its participation in upcoming investor conference Novatec appoints Matronic Oy as Finland distributor for VacuNest Q1 notebook growth to jump 30%, say MIC Quanta schedules capacity expansions in China Simple, reliable 'Plug'n Spray' COBOX Spray Fluxer Marks 200th Unit Sold Universal Instruments awarded Frost & Sullivan accolade for technology innovation Zestron Asia Pacific to exhibit at Electronica & Productronica China Mar 07, 2006 AT&S acquisition of Korean manufacturer of flexible printed circuit boards Tofic completed California's PCB Community Storms Sacramento, Waiting for Back-Up Roy Sakelson, CircuiTree Magazine Change of management at Chimie Tech Services Compeq said to land PCB orders for Sony PS3, but company also faces flaws in its 3G handset PCBs DDI appoints Robert Houghton as VP, Information Technology Elcoteq's annual report 2005 published Electronic Design-China magazine launched Explosive growth continues for India's mobile-phone market Flextronics to report Q4 and FY 2006 results Hon Hai muscles into Blue-ray Disc-drive biz HTC and Compal Communications expected to see record revenues in March amid healthy inventory levels among handset vendors Kent Lindsay appointed Sales Engineer, PWB Chemistry by Enthone Inc. Novatec names Hawker Richardson as Australian and New Zealand distributor Park announces appointment of VP of Advanced Composite Operations Taiwan aims to boost investment in India Viscom service enhancement for Scandinavia Winland announces promotion of Gregory Burneske to VP of Engineering Mar 08, 2006 Aqueous Technologies appoints Florida representative CirTran presenting corporate overview at conference for undervalued equities Coretec announce 2005 Q4 release and conference call dates Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee to emphasize reliability at Intel Lead-Free Symposium ECA electronic component order index fulfilling early predictions of solid growth Elcoteq issues subordinated notes totalling 30 million euros Kester's Mona Chay to present at DISKON Asia Pacific 2006 Lenovo aims to double global notebook business with dual-brand strategy, says ThinkPad designer M&A wave washing over small/medium DTV Industry Nortech Systems reports Q4 and FY results NPL wins Best International Conference Paper at APEX 2006 Organization forecasts Taiwan's Infocom industry to have new business model Popular US Duo to present Lead-Free Master Class at NPL Revlolutionary thermally conductive adhesive from Henkel selected for APEX's Innovative Technology Showcase Taiwan-based motherboard makers to see shipments drop 10-23% sequentially in Marruary Thermalworks names D.B. Management Group as its marketing firm Valor DFM solution brings shorter delivery times and increased quality to Siemens Bocholt Mar 09, 2006 Aegis's NPI and MES System selected by Cirtronics Corporation Agile announces sponsors and additional speakers to AGILITY 2006 Analysts give Asustek plan a strong vote of confidence Aqueous Technologies highlights SMT1000-LD with Focus Wash at Southcon 2006 Arima Communications to ship four million handsets in 1Q Asustek plays down impact of cancelled Samsung notebook orders Asymtek wins 2006 Service Excellence Award Blue Technology and JTAG Technologies announce agreement Chemcut and Atotech announce release of new horizontal electroless copper processing system Cimmetry releases AutoVue 19 for versions 8 and 9 of Sun Solaris servers Counterfeit plasma machines in the Pacific Rim DDI Corp. to announce Q4 and FY 2005 results on March 9 Elcoteq to start personnel negotiations in Finland Endicott Interconnect Technologies appoints European sales rep firm Foxconn reports decline in Nintendo shipments in Marruary Foxconn to layoff Finnish force while investing in India, say sources Freedom CAD signs Semtronic in Florida Indium Corporation to display at IMAPS Device Packaging Conference and Exhibition Japanese companies hike laminate prices again LaBarge, Inc. revises financial guidance for fiscal 2006 Q3 and FY Mobile-phone premium content market to reach $40 billion by 2010 Nordson Asymtek opens new facilities in China PartnerTech gives notice of termination to 60 Karlskoga employees Promation enhances laser mark software SMTA mini-conference focuses on building RoHS due diligence defense Solectron to announce Q2 fiscal 2006 earnings The March 2006 TFI Quarterly Forum Russ Conde THT Research - Weekly OEM/ODM Newsletter Workshop addresses RoHS due diligence Mar 13, 2006 Acer and Vodafone to co-market 3G notebook in April Asustek eyes entry into top-five notebook brands in Europe this year Asustek No.1 local cellphone brand in January Dominique Numakura' Newsletter from Japan ECS and MSI see 40% Y/Y growth in Marruary motherboard output; Asustek and Gigabyte see about 15% FormFactor announces pricing of common stock offering Foxconn remains top Taiwan IT company in Marruary revenues - BenQ leads Marruary growth IPC publishes IPC-1752 Midlands Manufacturing 2006 - 15th & 16th March, Coventry, UK New and used SMT assembly equipment validated by CeTaQ PCB maker Unimicron to distribute NT$1.23 dividend for 2005 operations Practical Components now supplies AIM's print test board and kit Promation releases small footprint line loading Samsung Electronics targeting TV sales of USD10 Billion in 2006 TSMC Marruary 2006 sales report Universal Instruments AdVantis-Lightning chip placement solution on display at Nepcon Mar 14, 2006 Accton lands Skype phone orders worth NT$10 million at CeBIT Asustek reported to kick off mass shipments for Sony's PS3 and PSP game consoles Brio appoints John Stewart CeTaQ announces MCA testing services brochure Cookson announce preliminary results Dual head fluxer for selective soldering from A.C.E. Production Technologies Flexible PCB maker Global Flex to construct second Suzhou plant Foxconn to begin shipping own-brand graphics cards Indium celebrates 72nd Anniversary Kinaxis CTO honored by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine NAND Flash options available with latest BPWin release New liquid OA flux from Cobar Nokia inaugurates its manufacturing facility in Chennai, India Photo Stencil hosts stencil technology and design workshops Pickering Interfaces Assigns New Distributor in Italy SMTC reports Q4 and annual results SpeedMask from Intertronics Mar 15, 2006 Aegis Assessments contracts with CirTran BenQ looks to mobile phones to boost performance BenQ secures orders for HSDPA smart phones from T-Mobile BOE HYDIS enters into patent license agreement with Sanyo Epson Co-design of chip and package is crucial for future Advanced Microelectronic Systems Compal and Quanta to see shipments grow 10-20% sequentially in March DENSO announces new five-year North American environmental action plan Electropac Co., Inc. adds ENIG Finetech appoints Illinois and Wisconsin representatives Fleck Research recognizes FCI for excellence in technology iSuppli to host European research briefings Jabil Q2 earnings announcement set JPSA announces deliveries of UV DPSS Laser GaAs and GaP wafer dicing systems Landrex Technologies announces new Sales & Marketing Manager Merix to announce Q3 results on March 30, 2006 Merlin and Kestrel's continued success brings new appointment and continued investment Phoenix Contact gets Smart at Nepcon UK Sanmina-SCI Kunshan, China facility receives ISO/TS 16949 certification SigmaTron reports Q3 results - sales rise, profits fall SMTA accepting applications for baord of directors through April 25 Taiwan digital camera maker Altek to deal out dividend of NT$4.0 for 2005 Twin pack sachets for ACC Silicones Westwind at CPCA 2006 Winonics Inc. selects Excellon Mar 16, 2006 AT&S guidance for 2006/07 and 2007/08 Benchmark Electronics, Inc. declares 3-For-2 stock split CeBIT 2006 a shot in the arm for ICT sector Companies push broadband media into the living room MARK KIRSTEIN Contax announces boom in Speedline products DEK to showcase product and process innovation at Nepcon 2006 Gartner says worldwide PC shipment growth to slow in 2006 Multiple sales for Viking Test Services New technology trends to continue pushing up HTC revenues and stock price Pb-free implementation featured in Indium's upcoming presentations PCB- and LCD-equipment maker Csun targets NT$10 billion in five years Phoenix Contact gets Smart at Nepcon 2006 Practical Components adds Amkor's PoP drop test board and kit to its repertoire Strategic alliance between GOPEL electronic and Mikrokrets AS Universal Instruments AdVantis-Lightning chip placement solution on display at Nepcon X-Line Asset Management to liquidate Avatar Electronics facility March 21, 2006 Mar 17, 2006 Curt Lonnstrom gets onto Note's board Eltek announces 2005 Q4 Epec names Bob Whitehouse as Executive VP of Operations Graphics card makers unphased in the short-term by Foxconn's presence Leading notebook vendors slash orders with Intel due to weak demand, say sources LG Electronics becomes World's No.1 TV vendor Motorola steps up investment in China in 2006 Nanya PCB sales to grow through 2Q, IC substrate lines to run at full capacity Park declares cash dividend Practical Components appoints NPF DiPaul as Russian distributor Semiconductor industry capital spending to increase 10% in 2006 THT Research - Weekly ODM/OEM Newsletter X2 - the next generation, high-speed x-ray inspection system Zuken and PCB Libraries Inc., launch CADSTAR IPC land pattern wizard Mar 20, 2006 AT&S opens second Shanghai plant ahead of schedule BTU completes acquisition of product lines and related assets of Radiant Technology Corporation FormFactor announces investor presentation Indium Corporation's Pb-free seminar program expands MFS Tech says analysts' estimates too bullish PCB makers anticipate opto-electronic PCB demand may grow by 60-100% on-year in 2006 Shortage of high-tech workers predicted in Taiwan Suntron reports Q4 and 2005 year end results Third annual international wafer-level packaging conference set for November 1-3 Top semiconductor makers solidify rankings in 2005 Mar 21, 2006 Asustek, BenQ and Acer enjoy strong notebook shipments in China during 4Q05 AT&S awarded best supplier 2005 BenQ Posted NT$6.02 billion Net Losses in Q4, 2005 BP Microsystems to highlight Helix Automated Device Programmer at NEPCON China Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Elektrobit Group Plc. to exhibit Display Tester at NEPCON China 2006 Europlacer appoints RTS Engineering as distributor for Russia and Ukraine Europlacer to highlight Xpress 25 at NEPCON China 2006 Finetech to exhibit the Fineplacer Pico system at NEPCON China 2006 GOPEL electronic to present new solutions at SMT/Hybrid/Packaging 2006 INTERTRONICS introduces adhere products at NEPCON '06 IPC Quarterly Business Report Now Available by Subscription Kyzen to exhibit AQUANOX A4630 at NEPCON China 2006 Lenovo Taiwan cuts workforce by 20-25%, say sources PCB production costs may grow by 2-7% on-year in 1Q amid rising component costs, says IEK Speedprint to highlight SPRINTavi screen printer at NEPCON China 2006 Tom Seratti joins OK International as VP of Global Sales and Marketing Mar 22, 2006 A.C.E. Production Technologies to exhibit new line of selective soldering systems ACC Silicones will be exhibiting its silicone encapsulants packed in new Twin Pack Sachets at Nepcon 2006. AccuPlace announces joint White Paper with Tesa on Heat Activated Film Asymtek receives Intel's prestigious Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement award BP Microsystems to exhibit ISP-PRO at NEPCON China 2006 Gartner presents 10 year scenario for IT, business and society IC foundry market forecast to grow 32% in 2006 ICOS Vision Systems Wins Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier Award Indium Corporation produces wave solder fluxes in Europe Kester to participate in Lead-free Conference at NEPCON China 2006 Quanta lands video iPod orders, says report Taconic engineering efforts recognized by IPC Thermalworks announces STABLCOR product manufacturer VJ Electronix to participate in NEPCON China Lead-free Conference YESTech introduces new M1 AOI system at Nepcon China Mar 23, 2006 Aqueous offers customers online service support BenQ's ratings take a fall DEK wins Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier award ECS said to have lost HP desktop orders to Foxconn Elektrobit Group at NEPCON China 2006 ESCC2006 - a unique event from EIPC, CircuiTree Magazine and EMSNow Europlacer names Electrotech as distributor in Slovenia countries Fabrinet achieves TL 9000QMS certification for manufacturing electronic assemblies and optical devices Finetech to highlight Fineplacer CRS 10 at NEPCON China 2006 Foxconn 1Q revenues to fall 20% on falling iPod and PS2 shipments Hunter Technology to announce carbon composite printed circuit boards at silicon valley conference Jabil posts Q2 results - revenue up 35%, income up 44% Jeffrey Stong joins Essemtec USA Kyzen's Tom Forsythe to present at NEPCON China's Lead-free Conference Macgregor uses Nepcon for world premier of new m1 range Maximum productivity with ASYS Depaneling System ADS 01FR More AOT for Korea MVP to participate in Lead-free conference at NEPCON China Nanya PCB eyeing 35% of FC substrate market NOTE receives the prestigious ALICE Industrial Award Registration deadline approaching for iNEMI roadmap workshop Solectron signs multi-year contract with IBM for Procurement Business Transformation Services Ultrasonic Systems to display PRISM at Nepcon China Winland announces new three-year contract with select comfort YESTech Europe to introduce AOI systems at Nepcon 2006 Mar 24, 2006 Advanced Precision Sales and WittcoSales join forces CPCA Show 2006 staves off competitors Steve Gold, CircuiTree Magazine Decisions of Elcoteq SE's Annual General Meeting Europlacer appoints Linetech as its Turkish agent Europlacer to display Tornado Head at NEPCON China 2006 Genesis Electronics Manufacturing now RoHS compliant iSuppli presents flexible display report and webinar MVP to participate in Lead-free Conference at NEPCON China Reptron reports Q4 and FY 2005 results Sanmina-SCI named EMS company of the year by Frost & Sullivan SMT reliability the focus of Indium at Nepcon Shanghai SMTA on-line presentation addresses lead-free electronics in aerospace project Solectron announces Q2 results - swing into profit Sparton and Astro Instrumentation LLC sign a Letter of Intent Zestron America promotes Ravi Parthasarathy to Process Engineer Mar 27, 2006 CeTaQ announces lead-free process optimization Digitaltest at Nepcon Shanghai 2006, April 4th to 7th, 2006 Due to delayed Windows Vista, investment bank downgrades Asustek Europlacer to showcase Flexys-10 at NEPCON China 2006 JNJ Industries announces Lead Eliminator JPSA announces purchase of Manchester, NH Mfg. facility Motorola opens R&D center in Hangzhou, China Peter Biocca to present at Advanced Electronics and Manufacturing Show 2006 Repeat Hwang workshop offered Sanyo and Quanta form new FPD TV venture SMT reliability the focus of Indium Corporation at Nepcon Shanghai SMTA announces inaugural ceremony and annual dinner of SMTA China and Hong Kong chapter SMTA China invites Megan Wendling to join Advisory Council Taiwan makers ready to ship Wi-Fi phones, but price could undermine sales THT Research - Weekly OEM/ODM Newsletter Mar 28, 2006 Acer continues to release Foxconn shares AdVantis platforms at SMT Nuremberg Asustek and MSI cut prices for motherboards in Europe Asustek and MSI cut prices for motherboards in Europe CTS Corporation's Singapore Facility Achieves ISO13485 Certification for Medical Manufacturing Design Chain Associates, LLC announces go-live of ChinaRoHS.com Foxconn to invest in China subsidiary Functional and in-circuit test system at Nepcon Hi-Tech invests in new PCB Technology from Direct Logix LCD TV vendors to order 4.7 million panels from Taiwan makers this year Manufacturing Insights' report provides tips to improve supply chain management Nam Tai Electronics, Inc.: new factory expansion update New mass imaging processes from DEK PC shipment growth to remain above 10% through 2008 with limited impact from a delayed Vista launch Profitable Environmental Compliance Workshop - April 6 at Jabil Facility in Phoenix, Arizona Mar 29, 2006 Acer denies rumors that it will halve workforce in Taiwan this year BenQ Corp doubles its LCD TV forecast on Japanese orders Boundary scan platform SCANFLEX supports future Standard PXI Express DDi Corp. participates in 'Supplier Excellence Alliance' to implement lean enterprise system procedures and practices Despite competitors' gains, Sony to lead game consoles through 2010 Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Elcoteq renews its participation in the Kempen/SNS smaller SRI Europe Index Eltek Ltd. Receives $1.6 Million of orders from a European medical equipment manufacturer Hover-Davis appoints Wilson Industries as sales representative HP seeking to source LCD TVs from Taiwan Intel establishes $50 Million VC fund for Brazil ISO9001-2000 reaccreditation for Westwind Magnesium-alloy case business to boost revenues of Foxconn Precision in 2006 New additions in sales and finance at DDi SMTA co-sponsors conference on green manufacturing in China Solder Paste Stencils 'On Demand' - The new T5-SPS stencil production system Tecan proves green credentials with ISO 14001 Ultrasonic Systems offers 'Conformal Coating Challenge' Zuken launches CADSTAR microstrip routing tools interface for radio frequency design Mar 30, 2006 Acer's revenues up 41.4%, but analysts disappointed Agfa Specialty Products and DuPont Printed Circuit Materials announce Asian distribution agreement for new Idealine Phototooling Films AOI controls dynamic Closed Loop with new high-performance VPC-Software BenQ notebook shipments to China to jump 200% in 2006 Compal Communications to set up a plant in India Compeq expects handset-PCB shipments to grow in March Coretec announces Q4 and FY results Free lead-free technology papers at Nepcon 2006 IPC releases Marruary Book-to-Bill - still strong at 1.13 iSuppli unveils computer systems cost analyzer