Jun 01, 2006 Agilent Introduces industry's most advanced fixed configuration Logic Analyzers Agilent Technologies - Panels, Workshops and Technical Sessions at 2006 IEEE MTT-S IMS Cookson Group PLC continues expansion in China with £10 million investment EIPC Summer Conference, Italy - Register now -- only 1 week to go! Keithley sponsors first weblog for nanotechnology electrical testing Sharp is rumored to be planning China partnership for 6G LCD panel production SMIC Tianjin secures financing for expansion SMT Resource Group receives Frost and Sullivan award Solderite premiers 3500 lead-free soldering station Sparton Corporation completes acquisition of Astro Instrumentation LLC Sun Micro says to cut as many as 5,000 jobs WSTS Semiconductor Market Forecast Jun 02, 2006 Acer adds new GPS/PDA suppliers, aiming to increase market share Benchmark announces resignation of Director John W. Cox BTU acquires AtmoPlas(TM) technology and Research organization from Dana Corporation Clean vs. no-clean-climatic reliability studies Cookson continues expansion on China with £10 Million investment Dai Nippon Printing to license PCB technology to Samsung DENSO to build new facility for electronic products at Agui plant Desktop-PC vendors anticipate rising demand from emerging markets Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Electropac now capable of building rigid flex boards Intel Capital extends global reach Inventec to ship 10 million notebooks in 2007; continues expansion in China Merix to present at the Bear Stearns 2006 Technology Conference Pentagon EMS launches Spanish website Taiwan to ship about 40 M. cell phones in Q2, says IEK-ITIS The SOMACIS China Project - creating an efficient system between enterpreneurs and public institutions Valor announces full lead-free environment control solution, compatible with all machine vendors X-Tek stars in the ancient sky Jun 05, 2006 Acer adds new GPS/PDA suppliers, aiming to increase market share Anritsu saves 4-6 week PCB re-spin by Thermal Modeling in early design stage ECA order index mimics U.S. economy with May dip Haier's strategic objective of Korean market entrance HTC may team up with telecom operators or chipmakers for future growth, say sources HTC to acquire Dopod IPC/JEDEC Global Conference to focus on post-July 1 directives and issues Lenovo tops China electronics industry in 2005 Matsushita and Hitachi to Boost LCD Production New, fast stencil cutting laser from LPKF Nordson CEO to present at JPMorgan Basics & Industrials Conference Research and Markets take a look at Flextronics SMTA International contract manufacturing symposium THT Research - Weekly OEM/ODM Newsletter Unabated notebook adoption will continue to drive growth in Western European PC market, say IDC Jun 06, 2006 Apple books considerable NAND flash capacity with Korean chipmakers for 8GB iPod Application orientation for electronica 2006 has been well received by the industry Brain Power PCBs - innovations behind the scenes CIMTEK collaborates with National Instruments for Xbox 360 test solution Computex Taipei 2006 kicks off today DuPont opens Korea Technology Center Institute of Circuit Technology Design Forum Korean digital electronics appliances exports recover to double-digit growth of 10.1% in May Mobile TVs from Taiwan handset makers to use chips from Israel-based Siano Nam Tai increases production capacity of LCD modules for cordless phones Orbotech to host investor and analyst conference on June 13, 2006 Promation improves multi-functional magazine handling system TTM to present at the Bear Stearns 17th Annual Technology Conference Ultrasonic Systems offers precision coating video Jun 07, 2006 BenQ believes sales set to soar after difficult period Calumet announces new web site development project Computex to move to larger space in 2008 Digi-Key and FCI sign global distribution agreement Eltek reports a 241% growth in net income and a 26% increase in revenues for Q1 Foxconn officially launches graphics card line, with Flextronics said to manufacture the high-end cards Global Custom Machine places three systems Hassle-free lead-free hand soldering IMI Partners with Japanese EMS Company iSuppli raises LCD-TV panel forecast and predicts LCD-TV market leadership in 2009 Motorola completes acquisition of development center in Denmark Solectron to present web seminar - Medical Device Supply Chain Optimization - Trends and Opportunities TTems showcases its services at Farnborough 2006 Jun 08, 2006 Acer notebook sales in China shoot up 104% sequentially in 1Q Bacon Software and Direct Logix develop open systems integration product Cognex surpasses a quarter of a Billion dollars in cumulative bookings for In-Sight Europlacer resumes direct selling to the US market with the hire of John Perrotta Foxconn has high hopes for its graphics cards Henkel modifies product cost in response to increasing silver prices Hon Hai Promotes high-end PC boards at Computex Taipei ICON Technologies appoints Korean distributor Motorola announces India manufacturing facility MS2(TM) online calculator at PKaymetal.com shows electronics manufacturers their savings instantly Speedline Technologies announces offering Ultrasonic Systems' OptimaTM Fluxing System Two global Filipino electronics companies form strategic alliance Jun 09, 2006 546 SMD components on one square meter AT&S receives Supplier Recognition Award from Sony-Ericsson Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Eunil Introduces ELM-700A Laser Marking System Hon Hai Group to move Foxconn Asia-Pacific headquarters to Beijing Hunter Electronics to exhibit at microwave symposium Intel Broadwater motherboards featured at Asustek and Foxconn Computex booths Low-cost lead free development and evaluation kits Merix to announce Q4 results on June 28th, 2006 Notebook manufactures may see sequential sales drop in 2Q Optelec implements Agile to optimize manufacturing and supply chain processes Promation introduces hand assembly solutions Solectron to announce Q3 fiscal 2006 earnings Worldwide converged mobile device market continues to surge ahead, according to IDC Zestron newsletter now available in simple Mandarin-Chinese Jun 12, 2006 Asustek says sales falling Blakell Europlacer Ltd. adds SAKI as a UK partner Eunil introduces ELC-200 label print and attach machine Flextronics to report Q1 results Foxconn revenues slide in May German PC sales remain moderate as consumers opt for LCD purchases during World Cup, says IDC Harsh environment electronics workshop announced Invotec expands Tamworth capacity IPC Solder Products Value Council releases white paper on increased costs of lead free solder materials PCB maker Compeq hopes to ship 180-200 million handset-use PCBs in 2006 RS adds advanced RoHS functions to website Sanmina-SCI reviewing stock option practices Sanmina-SCI to present at Bear Stearns 17th Annual Technology Conference Skype considers hardware certification center in Taiwan Taiwan LCD TV companies land strong orders at Computex Technica USA Inc. announces strategic partnership agreements THT Research - Weekly OEM/ODM Newsletter Jun 13, 2006 Adaptsys extends European territory to represent BP Microsystems in Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic Adeon expands its business and appoints Christopher Associates in North America China tech imports top US$11 billion for Jan-May EPIC Technologies CEO and COO named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2006 award winner in Central Great Lakes Region Eunil H.A. enters into distribution partnership with Jaesung Precision Co. Ltd. Henkel to debut breakthrough technologies at Semicon West 2006 Jabil updates quarterly guidance MGC production capacity expansion for copper clad laminate Nam Tai manufactures new model of Bluetooth(TM) headset accessory Nokia, Motorola reduce orders, says analyst Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. announces new office in Australia PCB maker Ya Hsin to set up holding companies for handset and LCD TV business Probe 2000 and BEST Electronics open probe card operations in the Philippines Promation introduces multi level conveyor system The Value of Branding in B2B Markets Richard Heimsch, director at Protean Marketing Wistron predicts NT$5 in EPS in 2006 Jun 14, 2006 Asustek sees great potential to develop white-box notebooks BCD Electro awarded contract with Ericsson BEST Inc celebrates 10yr anniversary CirTran acquires assets of Advanced Beauty Solutions for $2.3 Million Computex Taipei 2006 wraps up with lucrative business opportunities Foxconn to add five regional offices, targeting Asia Google in talks with Asustek, Gigabyte and MSI for new server orders Juki celebrates 15,000th SMT assembly machine sale LPKF-LDS Process now used for production of antennas Mobo and chipset makers upbeat about a price war between Intel and AMD Nippon Mining & Metals licenses TCR product to Ticer Technologies Nu Horizons announces expanded North American partnership agreement with Micrel Semiconductor into Greater China PC market outlook remains strong despite slower growth, says IDC Sony says seeks another firm to supply LCD panels Jun 15, 2006 Agile to present at Frost & Sullivan's New Product Development Conference Asia Optical aims to ship 7 million DSCs next year AT&S production in Leoben may be affected by fire in Panasonic plant in Austria BP Microsystems adds support for msystems' devices Concoat Systems becomes Gen3 Systems FocalSpot, Inc. hires veteran Asian sales channel manager and opens centralized Asian office for localized support Foxconn says it will maintain annual growth of 30% through 2011 Inventec said to have received notebook orders from Fujitsu-Siemens JCAA/JG-PP lead-free solder project reports Laser-based flex-circuit and cover foil cutting New functionality optimises OptiCon AdvancedLine application 1M/4M in production line New Project Manager joins The Jaltek Group of Companies RoHS enforcement guidance document published Sony adds Taiwan's AUO to supply chain Taiwanese TV vendors maintain positive outlook for 2H market Wistron wins HP's PMP contract order Jun 16, 2006 Acer counting on Santa liking LCD TVs Asia/Pacific mobile services market boosted by explosive demand in India, says IDC Boundary scan for embedded mixed signal test Camtek receives multiple Falcon order from Toshiba CirTran receives final payment on $1 Million private investment ahead of schedule Comet launches improved Feinfocus Cougar x-Ray platform Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Flomerics to acquire NIKA GmbH HTC to give up on Qtek in favor of HTC brand in Europe Indium announces new representative in Eastern Canada Inventec to construct new China plant in July Jabil Q3 earnings announcement set LG.Philips LCD begins building Poland module plant Most Taiwanese NB suppliers expect a strong second half NOTE establishes a presence in Oslo Professional legend printing for PCB prototypes Ted Kress joins Promation Zestron America announces new US East Coast Sales Manager Jun 19, 2006 BenQ confident of reaching LCD monitor shipment goal in 2006 CeTaQ corrects chip shooter offsets for 01005 process optimization Chicago public school students become IPC certified Corning remains positive about 2Q LCD panel industry Nokia and Siemens to merge their communications service provider businesses PROMATION expands assembly products territory Remaining SMTA certification dates for 2006 announced Taiwan's ODMs and EMS set to benefit from tussle Tamura introduces FLIP Solder Bath THT Research - Weekly OEM/ODM Newsletter Transition Automation exhibit advanced squeegee products at Nepcon Penang Jun 20, 2006 Asustek and Quanta Computer to benefit from strong shipments of Apple notebooks Automa-Tech net profit at 2.8 Mln Euro FY 2005 CEMCO FSL announces Quicksilver sales Concoat Limited changes name to HumiSeal Europe Coretec achieves ISO14000:2004 certification Enics Switzerland takes over activities from ABB Switzerland Foxconn sternly denies iPod sweatshop claims Foxconn to take up digital camera maker Premier Image Hon Hai develops Foxconn-branded graphic-card business IMAPS 2006 to feature three regionally-focused plenary sessions Solectron announces ISO medical certification of Singapore facilities Taconic introduces HyRelex While Worldwide digital camera shipments continue to grow, market begins to shake out, IDC finds Jun 21, 2006 AkroMetrix to introduce the high-volume J5000 Flatness Measurement System at SEMICON West Boundary Scan Platform SCANFLEX(R) introduces new generation of reconfigurable I/O modules Chi Mei Communications and Compal Communications split Motorola orders for new W series handsets Electra Polymers acquires inks business from Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Gap between Foxconn and Taiwan makers widens LEGO Group to outsource major parts of its production to Flextronics More Indium engineers receive SMTA certification NuSil Technology expands global capabilities with Asian office Practical Components adds Amkor's MLF packages to dummy components line Quanta may spin off telecom division Sanmina-SCI opens new enclosures facility in Guadalajara, Mexico Selective soldering programming from Vitronics Soltec Jun 22, 2006 Agilent completes $4.466 Billion stock repurchase program ahead of schedule EIPC Summer Conference concludes in Venice Peter Starkey, Product Editor, CircuiTree Magazine Foxconn says that technology was the motivation for Premier Image merger Graphic PLC orders MicroCraft test system Hon Hai to gobble up camera maker Horizon Technology announces new value added services Jabil posts Q3 results - Demand continues to be very strong LaBarge awarded $1.7 million contract from Northrop Grumman Loadstar Sensors launches new line of products based on innovative capacitive sensing technology Nanya PCB expects record quarterly revenues and profit Newbury Electronics purchases MJL Direct Legend Printer Park Electrochemical Corp. announces appointment of Howard R. Elliott as VP of R & D Priortech sells Camtek shares to Israeli institutional investors Quanta announces management shuffle Shafer Electronics Company certified to IPC J-STD-001D Class lll X-Tek Group announces new 3D imaging capability Jun 23, 2006 Agfa-Gevaert to raise prices Asustek begins production at Shanghai plant BenQ develops car electronics for Ford's Taiwan unit BenQ extends job promise for original Siemens handset workers China's mobile phone user base rose to 420.82 million at end of May Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. successfully recertifies to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards Finetech to showcase Fineplacer(R) - solder ball array placement at SEMICON West 2006 Foxconn to set up R&D center in Japan for automation market Growing trend toward lead-free manufacturing revives stagnating SMT cleaning equipment market HTC launches world-first tri-band 3G windows mobile PDA and 3G smartphone Milara to premier AWPb 300 wafer process module system at SEMICON West 2006 Quanta snatches Dell order from Compal Quanta Storage secures orders for DVD-RWs Sanmina-SCI delivers 35 Millionth set-top box unit to EchoStar Communications Corporation Jun 26, 2006 Added Value Technology installs Enthone final finishes to meet OEM requirements Agilent introduces low-cost wireless communication test system DMS provider USI completes second plant in Shanghai ECS cuts notebook shipment goal, but no change for mobos Everett Charles Technologies to showcase spring pin lines at SEMICON West 2006 Foxconn is second largest IT company in world, says Business Week Indium features reliability program at Semicon West JNJ Industries' new lead detector kit helps RoHS compliance Lloyd Doyle to exhibit IBIS equipment at SEMICON West 2006 Nu Horizons Electronics releases earnings announcement Precision flux for microBGA and flip chip SMTA International Conference Program finalized Solectron announces Q3 results - sales up THT Research - Weekly OEM/ODM Newsletter Zestron newsletter looks at lead-free cleaning related issues Jun 27, 2006 AlphaSTAR Immersion Silver Process receives 2006 JPCA Show Award ASAT Holdings Limited announces changes in financial management AUO executive rumored to join Foxconn China to Match U.S. Consumer Market by 2020 Dage receives Queen's Award for international trade Dr. Jennie Hwang to address Pb-free reliability on July 20 in Chicago Essemtec introduces SP900 automatic in-line printer Farnell InOne's 'Product Watch' goes online to beat RoHS obsolescence Henkel takes top spot among DAX-listed companies Impending component supply disruptions targeted for conversion services Improve NPI for free with new Genesis configuration Juki to exhibit CX-1 advanced placement system at SEMICON West 2006 LaBarge named one of America's fastest-growing small companies by Fortune Small Business Lead Free and SMT/BGA courses by Dr. Aspandiar of Intel, Rob Rowland and Ray Prasad Lee Herrmann joins PROMATION New visual inspection system from BI Technologies Park announces appointment of Anthony W. Digaudio as VP of Marketing Park announces date of Q1 earnings release and conference call Premier deal focuses eyes on Hon Hai Taiwan makers gear up for launch of Woodcrest boards between July and August Tatung to begin mass production in Vietnam in August TechSearch International's Analysis Shows Flip Chip Substrate Supply Tight Through End of 2006 TFI's Quarterly Forum - Convergence of EMS and ODM Bruce Rayner, Director of Research and Consulting, Technology Forecasters Inc. Jun 28, 2006 Advanced Circuits sets 5-day lead time Asahi Glass breaks ground in Gumi plant Asustek to push PDA phones in India, report says Camtek announces first Falcon sale in Korea Dage to exhibit X-ray inspection CT option and Bondtester at Semicon West Electronic Systems achieves ISO 13485 certification Everett Charles Technologies announces consolidation of atg Test Systems and Luther Maelzer Finetech to exhibit DCP Module at SEMICON West 2006 Foxconn may establish production line in Argentina Gartner says strong sales of iPods will drive growth of NAND Flash market in H2/06 Inventec Appliances to set up assembly plant in Czech Republic IPS Group to represent Indium in Southwestern United States JTAG/boundary scan platform SCANFLEX teams up with SPEA flying prober Kester to introduce new products at SEMICON West 2006 Kyzen's Applications Laboratory grows by 50% Lenovo to end partnership with Quanta for ThinkPad production Read MYDATA's latest issue of MYNEWS in EMSNow's Newsletter Central. Supply Lines - Expanding middle class drives India's consumer-electronics industry JONATHAN CASSELL Taiwan leading motherboard makers foresee strong rebound in 3Q Jun 29, 2006 AUO to announce QDI merger and staff relocation plan BenQ Mobile and Gigabyte Communications secure ODM orders from Europe Chimei LCD TVs among top three brands for the first five months of 2006 EMS market at $190 Billion in 2005 Endicott Interconnect Technologies to showcase solutions at SEMICON West 2006 Inventec and Mitac server production to completely move to China IPC book-to-bill ratios for May 2006 remains postive iSuppli tweaks 2006 semiconductor forecast Jabil authorizes stock repurchases Kyzen to premier Micronox MX2188 at SEMICON West 2006 Merix announces results for Q4 and FY 2006 - sales almost double after acquisition New research shows that flame retardant chemicals save lives and money Park Electrochemical reports Q1 results PDA phone shipments to HP key for Quanta in 2006 Photocircuits selects two new executives Plexus Q3 earnings release on July 26th and conference call on July 27th Production Solutions introduces universal PCB support tooling for lead-free Solectron receives Stratus Technologies 2006 Supplier Excellence Award Sony expecting 8 Million LCD TV shipments in 2007 Titan Global increases bookings and PCB capacity Ultrasonic coating module debuts at Semicon West Ultrasonic Systems, Inc. will introduce its new Ultrasonic Coating Module at the Semicon West Show, Booth 8007 VIGON A 201 - Cleans with shorter contact times Jun 30, 2006 Camtek to be Included in the Tel-Tech 15 Index Cookson says, recent trading ahead of expectations Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Don't assume components are compliant, warns Farnell InOne Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee appointed to CPMT Board of Governors Electronics companies' most-important outsourcing criteria not met by contract manufacturers Foxconn criticizes media, again denies China sweatshop claims LaBarge awarded $10.7 million contract for mail sorting system Lenovo setting sights high LG reclaims top position in plasma panels in Q1 M-Flex's Chairman and CEO Wins Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 Award in Orange County, California Notebook makers conservative about 3Q despite rising shipments in June Park Electrochemical Corp. announces appointment of David R. Dahlquist as Product Director Taiwanese electronics sector faces RoHS test Valor DFM solution achieves shortened time-to-market for CMK Corporation in Japan