Search Archives  Archive April 2006 Apr 03, 2006 Apple may launch own handsets, vendors in Taiwan market prepare Average US household owns 26 consumer electronics products BP Microsystems teams with semi-house partners DEK looks forward to SMT Germany 2006 Dr. Jennie Hwang to deliver 8-Part Lead-free tutorials in Chicago on April 11, 12, 13, 14 Enabling next generation supply chains today Foxconn expanding components business Henkel participation in Hands-On Lead-Free Experience 4 IMS appoints Marathon Associates reps in Texas area Leo Van de Vall appointed CEO and President Assembleon Americas Inc. Peter Biocca to present at RoHS compliance workshop in Dallas Photocircuits completes sale to AMPAC Rohm & Haas VP Pierre Brondeau speaks at Lehman Broters conference in Barcelona Second Jabil facility earns aviation certification Speakers announced for CONNECTIONS - Digital Home Conference & Showcase THT Research - Weekly OEM/ODM Newsletter Visit Kester's lead-free RoHS information center at NEPCON China 2006 Apr 04, 2006 Acer Saw Profits Double in 2005 AlternativeSMT at SMT show Nuremberg Assembleon and Yamaha extend partnership Asustek aims to sell two Million cellphones this year Cookson complete sale of Ceramic Fibres for $23 Million CPT receives orders from Sony Dover Corporation announces Q1 2006 earnings release and webcast DuPont Advanced Packaging Lithography appointed as U.S. representative for Microcontrol Electronic Equipment Electrolube announces new Thailand distributor JTAG ProVision accelerates development of boundary-scan applications Kester material to be used in University of Central Florida experiment MediaTek claims no news of order shift from Lite-On IT MSI rumored to have terminated second-brand motherboard sales in China due to squeeze from ASRock Nam Tai announces investment in vertical integration of FPC business Nepcon Shanghai 2006 New Speedpack upgrade raises AX pick and place output Newisys(R) announces storage ODM product line and design offerings at Storage Networking World and Linuxworld Conferences Quanta 2005 revenues surpass NT$400 billion; newly formed partnerships to help boost profits in 2006 SMTA to hold Inaugural Ceremony and Annual Dinner of SMTA China and Hong Kong Chapter Sony to increase procurements from Taiwan to US$6 B. in 2006 Teradyne to announce Q1 2006 results The new SIPLACE D-Series Universal Instruments - Booth 1F45 Untapped PC market opportunities lie in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, says IDC Apr 05, 2006 Aegis receives Frost & Sullivan Company of the Year Award in SMT Software Agilent AOI system validates component placement performance of Fuji equipment ASAT Holdings Limited appoints Kevin Kwan to Board of Directors Benchmark Electronics, Inc. Completes 3-for-2 Stock Split BenQ consolidates handset divisions C. D. (Don) Dupriest elected to top IPC technical volunteer spot Dage (SE Asia) Pte Ltd at Nepcon Shanghai diplan and Fast offer new Asian support and hardware solutions at Nepcon Shanghai EIPC Summer Conference - Venice, Italy, June 8th & 9th 2006 GOPEL Boundary Scan Platform SCANFLEX supports future Standard PXI Express Has lead-free casued soldering or desoldering tip problems? Indium adds new technical engineer in Asia Jaltek Systems appoints new Production Manager KIC Display the Lead-Free Thermal Process KIT at NEPCON China 2006 Koh Young Technologies introduces new SPI system Mason appoints Christopher Associates Inc. as North American Distributor Mitac and Mitac Technology 1Q revenues meet estimates Nepcon Shanghai 2006 - Day Two Sanmina-SCI and Shocking Technologies sign Joint Development Agreement To develop embedded ESD protection in PCBs Seica expands its line of Flying Probe Test Solutions at Nepcon Shanghai - Booth E1 A03 SIPLACE software suite - High line productivity with reliability and traceability Sony and Samsung expected to expand TV-panel procurement from Taiwan Speedline at Nepcon Shanghai Tripod projects stable revenues for 2Q Valor appoints Ong Kay Huat as President of Far East Subsidiary Westwind at Circuitex 2006 YESTech introduce M1 AOI at Nepcon Zestron Asia Pacific highlights at Nepcon Shanghai 2006 Apr 06, 2006 Advansus expects SMT lines to run at full capacity in May Aegis receives Frost & Sullivan Company of the Year Award in SMT Software Agilent Technologies announces highest bandwidth test point access fixtures Asustek's "Made in China" notebook arrives in Taiwan BenQ to revive MP3 player presence in Taiwan Interplex Medical expands global capabilities LSI to Sell Gresham Fab to ON Semiconductor for $105 Million Mason Electronics appoints Christopher Associates Inc. as North American distributor New Signature 1000W, 1U Power Module from Transistor Devices Remoba releases RemoMail software application Sanmina-SCI Corporation invites you to join Its fiscal 2Q 2006 conference call Speedline recognized by Frost & Sullivan for competitive strategy leadership Spin-off won't affect vendor ties, says Infineon Stackpole introduces new passivated precision film resistor technology Apr 07, 2006 BP Microsystems wins Asian award for Helix Dell adds workforce in Taiwan, rumor says Acer to sell local channel Dell plans to triple product recovery volume by 2009 Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Eurocircuits new A la Carte service delivers higher PCB technologies online FINEPLACER Pico SPR for 01005 rework wins industry award Hon Hai posted biggest sales in domestic electronics sector in Q1 Indium Corporation recognizes Creyr Innovation for outstanding service in 2005 Kester's EnviroMark solder paste wins award KIC wins Asian industry award for the 24/7 LaBarge lands $2.3 million contract from BAE Systems Leo van de Vall appointed CEO and President Assembleon Americas inc. LG boosts global handset estimate, own unchanged Merix Corporation Announces Election of Chee W. Cheung to Board of Directors New addition widens Protean's global footprint ON Semiconductor to offer shares Pickering Interfaces introduces new LXI video matrix UMC Reports Rising Revenue for March, 1Q Wistron and Compal enjoy better-than-expected shipments in 1Q Apr 10, 2006 Agile customers highlight integral role of PLM at AGILITY Las Vegas Aqueous Technologies wins Innovation Award for self-cleaning wash tank AU Optronics to merge with Quanta Display Days of cheap labor are over for Taiwanese businesses in China ESSEMTEC wins Innovation Award for RO300FC with RO-CONTROL software Europlacer's 3DPS wins Asian industry award iSuppli Upgrades 2006 Semiconductor Forecast Juki Automation Systems wins industry award for SCS tool Kyzen wins Asian award for A4630 aqueous electronics cleaning material Lite-On IT takes over BenQ's ODD business unit Notebook makers report strong growth for March STMicroelectronics announces 1Q 2006 earnings release and conference call THT Research - Weekly OEM/ODM Newsletter TSMC March sales up 53.9 pct, top UMC's gain WKK Technology's contract services win Innovation Award Apr 11, 2006 Applied Materials Extends Leadership in China with New Facility in Xi'an ASTER opens UK sales and technical support office CEMCO-FSL announces sales International notebook vendors request Taiwan's key component suppliers to lower prices JTAG ProVision sets new standard for ease-of-use Lite-On IT aims to ship 80 million ODDs for a global share of 26-27% in 2006 Micron Technology 2Q profit up New Speedpack upgrade raises AX pick & place output Pri-Dana purchases Viking bare board tester Quanta Computer expects to ship 500,000 LCD TVs in 2006 Read Asymtek's latest issue of Total Dispensing Solutions newsletter in EMSNow Newsletter Central Read Siemens latest issue of SIPLACE Americas newsletter in EMSNow Newsletter Central Rogers Corp to introduce RO4450B-dx Bondply at IEEE MTT- S Russian IT market tops $12 Billion in 2005, says IDC Solectron Announces ISO 13485 Medical Certification of Suzhou, China Plant Taiwan's first-tier motherboard makers enjoy 26% shipment growth in 1Q Apr 12, 2006 Asustek 2005 revenues increase 42.3%, but profits up only 14.4% AUO/Quanta Merger Produces Potential Number-One Large-Sized TFT-LCD Panel Supplier Cypress to Announce Q1 2006 Results on April 20 Finetech moves to new facility Gigabyte and Lite-On secure assembly orders for low-cost computers for emerging markets It's Time to be Part of the Solution - Part 2 Charlie Barnhart Lightspeed Mfg. EMS adds 3rd SMT assembly line Lite-On IT acquires optical disk drive operation of BenQ Nematron announces new developments in industrial PC systems Photo Stencil partners with Novatec to sell underboard support tool Quick-swap solder pots from A.C.E Silterra increases wafer fab production capacity Taiwan makers set to capture a greater share of global WiMAX market ZD Test appoints Axiomatek as exclusive representative for Mexico Apr 13, 2006 AMD Posts 1Q Net Income of $185 Million ASTER announces new sales and support office in UK BenQ aims to surpass Samsung in LCD-monitor shipments this year Call for Participation Issued for 2007 IPC Printed Circuits Expo, APEX and Designers Summit Technical Conference Compal obtains orders from NEC and Lenovo Henkel announces strategic appointments for Asia-Pacific operations Indium Corporation's NF260 wins third prestigious award JPCA Show 2006 Park Electrochemical Corp. announces appointment of Director of Sales, Asia Pacific Rohm and Haas announce preliminary 1Q06 results Taiyo America names Dave Vaughn marketing manager ViTechnology announces New Business Development appointment for Europe Apr 14, 2006 Agilent to invest $25 mln in India over 2 yrs Asustek acquires new orders from Apple BI Technologies develops current sense resistors with 8W power rating CEMCO-FSL announces sales Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan EPIC Technologies receives Supplier of the Year Award Foresite hires Clark Winrotte as Technical Account Manager Hard-Drive Shipments Achieve Record Increase in 2005 Hover-Davis appoints Electri-Rep as sales representative Isola settles patent infringement case iSuppli hosts India Wireless Communications webinar Kemet closes $103M Epcos unit buy Miller takes Vice President's seat at Freedom CAD Nam Tai backs 1Q guidance Nokia, Samsung topped China market share for GSM, CDMA handsets in 2005 Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. and Tianma Microelectronics announce Americas Partnership Agreement Samsung Elec Q1 profit slumps on phones, chips Apr 17, 2006 BenQ integrates two handset centers to cut cost Blade ships first RoHS compliant products from Solectron's IPC-certified facility Flextronics to sell software development and solutions business to KKR for $900 million Graphic Plc receives 'Crystal Globe' award GSPK Circuits to launch new company and new product Hong Kong's largest new trade shows opened at AsiaWorld-Expo LG should look to ODMs for low-end mobile phone production Jeffrey Wu Lite-On planning China R&D headquarters LSI Logic's Corrigan will present keynote address at Third Annual International Wafer-level Packaging Conference Nam Tai sees Q1 2006 guidance ahead Apr 18, 2006 Acer gives up seat on BenQ's board of directors Circuit Foil Japan develops copper foil for HDI boards CirTran reports record sales, strong Ooverall improvement in 10-K Filing Elite orders second Komax Gamma 333PC Gartner's final semiconductor market share results show industry grew 5.7% in 2005 Henkel's Dr. Brian Toleno to address IMAPS Symposium Mitac International to deal out NT$2 dividend for operations in 2005 Nam Tai announces Hitachi Maxell as new customer Quanta Computer seeking new profit drivers Rogers Corp. settles patent infringement case Shenzhen Jove Enterprise finds PCB niche Speedline Technologies awarded Patent Award for quick change wiper method Sypris Solutions, Inc. Q1 conference call on the internet Third annual tin whisker workshop scheduled for May 30 at ECTC Apr 19, 2006 Alcatel and Nortel seek Taiwan contract makers for WiMAX-compatible network equipment BenQ to oustrip Samsung in LCD monitor shipment in 2006 BEST Electronics and Components hires Peter Hancock BTU Q1 2006 earnings conference call 04/21/06 ECA electronic component order index takes breather from its upward march ESCC call for papers deadline - Friday 28th April Firan announces Q1 2006 earnings Henkel receives honors for innovative lead-free solder paste Indium Corporation's Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee to receive Exceptional Technical Achievement Award LPKF winner of SMT Vision Award Ovation Products introduces Quik-Lok System for MPM printers Publishing of Elcoteq's first-quarter 2006 result on April 27 Quanta grabs majority of Acer contract orders for notebooks Sierra Proto Express implements Control Center XP Design Release Manager from Direct Logix S-LCD to Supply LCDs to Samsung and Sony Apr 20, 2006 Asustek to fulfill Dell notebook order at Shanghai plant in 4Q CirTran gets $30 Million contract for new sold-on-TV 'The Real Deal Grill' Cisco to invest over US $265 Million (SR 1 Billion) in Saudi Arabia over next five years Intel Q1 revenue $8.9Billion JTAG Technologies hosts new boundary-scan seminar series LaBarge receives orders totaling $10 million from Eclipse Aviation Michael V. Schrock joins Plexus board of directors New company offers process support solutions New Westwind authorised service centre in US Quanta grabs majority of Acer contract orders for notebooks Teradyne announces Q1 2006 results TTM to conduct Q1 conference call on April 26 U.S. tech industry gained jobs last year - first year since 2000 Apr 21, 2006 Aegis Europe to exhibit new mechanical CAD module for CircuitCam at Nepcon 2006 Arima Communications to raise annual handset capacity in China to 50 million units Arrow Electronics 1Q profit rises Arrow Electronics enables OEMs to check RoHS compliancy at no cost through ArrowNAC.com AT&S buys back own shares Benchmark Electronics reports sales and earnings for 1Q06 and raises 2006 guidance Broadcom profit nearly doubles BTU International reports first quarter 2006 results Compal sets up technology center Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Global consumer-electronics industry growth decelerates Heraeus announces TF Series fluxes for chip and ball attach ICOS Vision Systems announces date of 1Q06 results IEC announces second quarter results for fiscal 2006 Molex reports record revenue and orders for 3Q06 Reliability the focus of Indium Corporation at Nepcon East/Electro SMTC Corporation schedules first quarter results Taiwan market: Acer and Asustek notebook sales up 40-50% in 1Q Apr 24, 2006 DEK France appoints new Operations Manager DEK's HawkEye inspection system on display at Nepcon East Dr. Jennie Hwang to deliver lead-free tutorials Henkel receives top honors for innovative lead-free solder paste IPC, JEDEC conference to assist companies with materials declaration issues Labtech launches a turnkey microwave MIC assembly service LG Micron achieves net income of 11 Billion Won in Q1 New Director for Protean Marketing Over 30 Taiwan IT companies are behind RoHS convert schedule Second Queen's Award for Dage Smart packaging market to reach $4.8 billion by 2011 Stephen Brodeur rejoins Milara Taking action in support of the U.S. Electronics Manufacturing Industry THT Research - Weekly OEM/ODM Newsletter Tyco Electronics expands PCB depaneling product line Apr 25, 2006 Aqueous Technologies to highlight StencilWasher-ECO at NEPCON East 2006 BenQ posts losses for first quarter Blakell Europlacer Ltd. to expand UK sales business Camtek expects Q1 revenues to exceed previous expectations CircuiTex Suzhou - Regional Chinese exhibition gains strength Steve Gold, CircuiTree Magazine Compal to see gross margin decline in 1Q, say sources Elcoteq concludes personnel negotiations in Finland - personnel reductions smaller than expected Elcoteq to manufacture antennas for PCTEL in Russia ESSEMTEC to display FLX2010-LCV at NEPCON East 2006 Isola completes Polyclad acquisition JPSA announces shipments of automated cassette-to-cassette wafer processing systems Juki Automation Systems to showcase FX-1R at NEPCON East 2006 Kester to participate in upcoming International Conference on Lead-Free Soldering Kestrel International Circuits to launch Special Products Division at Nepcon Kyzen to exhibit at 4th International Electronics Conference and Exhibition Labtech launches new range of products Next generation supply chain workshop Product advancements in UV curable coatings from Concoat Rohm & Haas reports record Q1 results Siemens SIPLACE partners with SMART Group for the Lead-Free Experience at Nepcon Birmingham SiliconPipe adds Dr. Skip Fehr to team Solectron announces successful Aerospace Design and Manufacturing Certification in Europe Speedline Technologies awarded Patent VJ Electronix to exhibit X1550 X-ray system at NEPCON East 2006 Apr 26, 2006 Acer aims for No.3 PC maker globally BenQ comments on Supreme lawsuit BTU forms part of the Lead Free Experience and exhibits the Pyramax 98 at Nepcon Electrolube exhibits new aqueous conformal coating at Nepcon Electropac celebrates 30th year manufacturing PCBs Eltek wins first order from a major U.S. aerospace contractor Finetech to exhibit Fineplacer CRS 10 at NEPCON East 2006 Inventec notebook shipments to top six million in 2006 Quanta agrees to Dell's notebook tax; Compal and Wistron just say no, sources say Quanta video iPod order withdrawn, say sources Sanmina-SCI announces Q2 results Siemens to present brand new SIPLACE D-Series at Nepcon in Birmingham Speedline Technologies announces exclusive partnership with New Plateau Technologies Tyco Printed Circuit Group purchase additional Orbotech LDI X-Tek exhibits latest generation X-ray system at Nepcon Apr 27, 2006 Aqueous Technologies to exhibit SMT1000-LD with Focus Wash at NEPCON East 2006 BTU to present at AeA micro cap financial conference Compal Communications ups handset shipment goal Compal posts big increase in profits DEK earns 2006 Frost & Sullivan award for market leadership Elcoteq SE's interim report January-March 2006 FocalSpot announces addition of Optilia Flexia BGA/SMT video inspection microscope Hi-Tech Free DFM Online Service Now available online IPC releases air moving device standard, first in series of OEM critical components standards iSuppli's Flat Information Displays event to be held in San Jose, Calif. Juki to showcase Juki 300 & 400 Selective Soldering Systems at NEPCON East 2006 Keithley introduces new line of pulse and pattern generators Kinaxis introduces RapidResponse Glass Pipeline to enable Multi-Enterprise Visibility and Response across an Extended Supply Chain Kyzen to highlight AQUANOX A4520T at NEPCON East 2006 TTM reports Q1 results - strong performance continues, and outlook remains positive Wintek reports first quarter sales drop 39% on delayed TFT module shipments Worldwide handheld device market starts 2006 with continued decline in shipments, according to IDC Apr 28, 2006 2006 Pan Pacific Symposium 'best paper' award and 2007 dates annouced Beyond Wi-Fi - Home-networking products embrace wired alternatives Celestica announces Q1 results Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Dover reports Q1 2006 results Essemtec to highlight SP200-AV Fine-pitch Printer with Vision at Nepcon 2006 Flextronics announces Q4 and FY results FormFactor, Inc. announces 2006 Q1 financial results Google's search for servers: Asustek and Inventec go up against Gigabyte and Arima Henkel appoints Global Product Manager for Die Attach Juki Automation Systems to showcase KE-R series at NEPCON East 2006 LaBarge reports Q3 - Bookings of new business strong, backlog reaches record high MW Associates continues global expansion with the hire of Junko Sekine P. Kay Metal MS2 receives 2006 Del Mar Product Innovation Award Plexus announces record revenue and earnings Polaris Systems engineering appointed as new distributor for Israel Rohm and Haas to webcast 88th annual meeting of sharholders SMTA revises mission statement Speedprint to display SP200avi at Nepcon Birmingham 2006 Stock options exercised to subscribe for Elcoteq shares and increase in share capital Surclean to highlight SMT USC400 at Nepcon 2006 Sypris reports Q1 - revenue and earnings up Taiwan leading notebook makers' EPS in 1Q, Wistron hits record high VJ Electronix to display Summit 1800A rework station at NEPCON East 2006