Search Archives Archive July 2006  Jul 03, 2006 Agile to acquire Prodika Comet expands service department Cost-effective grids for mass spectrometers, electron microscopes and more Handset PCB demand to bottom out in August Hon Hai's global R&D Center set for completion Innovex completes sale of metal business Integrated Performance Systems, Inc. receives approval to commence trading on the OTC Bulletin Board Under 'IPFS' March Plasma Systems and Microbonds form alliance Mobile phone sales in Taiwan rise almost 6% in first quarter NOTE's acquisition of Norwegian Nordic-PrintDesign brought to a conclusion Park Electrochemical Corp. declares cash dividend Park Electrochemical President and CEO comments on market reaction to Park's fiscal year 2007 Q1 earnings announcement THT Research - Weekly OEM/ODM Newsletter Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. to acquire Sieger Engineering, Inc. Jul 04, 2006 Acer notebook shipments in China and the US to more than double in 2Q Asustek to report on year profit drop in 2Q Brisk sales of Apple MacBooks boost shipments for Asustek Don't leave home without it - laptop at top of vacationers' packing list this summer Easy transition to lead-free soldering from OK International EIPC Technology Seminars announced Extracting value from difficult supply chains Hitesh Attri, eKNOWtion HannStar moves all LCM production to China Major IT, electronics players jump on smartphone, PDA-phone bandwagon Motorola completes sale of automotive electronics business to Continental AG Jul 05, 2006 EMS firms follow brands to India, says report HannStar Board aims for 30% global share by expanding mainland China's capacity Intertronics beats lead-free abrasion problems with polymer lubricated solder paste squeegees PCB milling machine with user-friendly software from Collinbus Jul 06, 2006 ASAT Holdings Limited announces conference call Asustek hits record monthly NB shipment in June Christoph Henkel awarded honorary doctorate Comet expands service department Compact modular mySelective 6745 from Vitronics Compal notebook shipments said to top one million in June Compal's margins for 2Q may drop below 5% Dover announces Q2 2006 earnings release and webcast ECS landing more IPC orders EIPC announces ESCC Foxconn lands DVD burner orders from Matsushita Full HD TV to account for 58% of overall 40" and larger TVs in 2010 JPSA announces 300mm silicon wafer singulation capability Quanta and Mitac may develop AMD PCs for Dell, says paper Sun Chemical Circuits name change TTM selected for Business Week Top 100 Hot Growth Companies Valor appoint Mathias Heinrich appointed as Sales Manager Central Europe X-Line Asset Management to conduct online auction Jul 07, 2006 ASAT Holdings extends rights offering until July 19, 2006 Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) manufacturing IT spending will reach US$22 Billion in 2010 Asustek wins Dell's contract order for 14.1 inch notebook PCs Automatic X-ray inspection - New system generation with submicron-resolution and 2 Megapixels digital camera Bürkle North America's Fab Four Partner, Schmoll, selected by Prototron Circuits Inc. CirTran announces additional $2 Million investment Dage announces new West Coast facility to accommodate growth Dominique Numakura Newsletter from Japan Global EMS online aution from X-Line GOEPEL electronic opens branch in UK Hover-Davis appoints Jeren as sales representative Inovaxe to exhibit solutions at APEX 2007 Nu Horizons reports record sales and an increase in EPS to 17 cents per share for Q1 P.C. Boards Inc. appoints James M Clark National Sales Manager Publishing of Elcoteq's second-quarter result on July 26 Second-tier notebook makers face tougher time retaining shipment growth Solectron's Sherbrooke facility receives ISO 13485 Medical Certification Taiwan IPC makers endeavoring to comply with EU WEEE Teradyne to announce Q2 results ZESTRON America's service benefits - have your cake and eat it too! Jul 10, 2006 Acer notebook shipments in China grow 200% on year in 2Q 2006 ASAT Holdings Limited updates conference call date for fourth quarter and FY 2006 financial results Christopher Associates announces AOI programming breakthrough DEK revitalises online business gateway Eltek Wins a New Major Flex - Rigid PCB Customer in the U.S. Notebook makers see demand pick up after CPU price cuts Read Asymtek's latest issue of Innovative FluidDispensing Solutions newsletter Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials aligns Circuit Board Technologies' global strategy Semiconductor bubble deflates - but doesn't pop Share of clone notebook makers continues to fall Teradyne to announce Q2 results THT Research - Weekly OEM/ODM Newsletter TSMC June sales up sharply Xbox 360 and Wii orders ramping up, say chip makers Jul 11, 2006 Asian firms on track to meet RoHS rules BenQ misses growth target for Q2 DDi Corp. announces .25 mm pitch flip chip solutions at SEMICON West 2006 Dr. Jennie Hwang featured in new volume ECS to acquire Uniwill FocalSpot, Inc. hires veteran x-ray service specialist Foxconn continues steady growth in monthly revenues HTC expects a lucrative Q3 India's consumer electronics market reinvents itself PRANAV KUDESIA Introbotics announces low cost high frequency PWB production tester New computerized tomography option from Dage Nortech Systems completes facility acquisition NPL studio project - measurement of residual materials in electronics Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. announces expanded North American partnership agreement with Micrel Semiconductor into Greater China PartnerTech extends production for Electrolux Laundry Systems geographically Pemstar obtains more favorable banking terms from lenders Premier Farnell and STMicroelectronics reach out to Electronics Designers Printline invests in Control Center Engineering Planning System Quanta and Inventec June sales grow on CPU price cuts Taiwan PCB makers to start PS3 PCB shipments in 3Q Jul 12, 2006 BenQ Mobile to cut 527 german jobs, says AP Commercializing breakthroughs in printed electronics CTS Corporation announces dates for Q2 2006 earnings release and conference call ECA monthly order index flat in June, 12-month average index continues slow rise Enhanced customer service from new Labtech website FocalSpot announces affordable package design verification solution Handset makers attract emerging markets' business Jim Gurly joins forces with PROMATION LaBarge awarded additional $2.1 million from Raytheon for JSOW program Notebook market will top 80 million units in 2006 Pemstar schedules fiscal 2007 Q1 conference call Sanmina-SCI announces low-cost, market-ready 2-gigabit and 4-gigabit VPN/Firewall solution for OEMs Solarflare selects XJTAG boundary scan to debug and test Ethernet network cards Titan Global Holdings PCB Divisions achieve record June shipments of $2.1M Jul 13, 2006 Agilent introduces flat-panel-display test system Benchmark expects to exceed Q2 2006 guidance DEK launches ISCAN Health Check Digital camera maker Altek may set up assembly plant in Brazil EIPC Technology Seminars in Germany & UK Foxconn subsidiary is China's top exporter in 2005 Global market for digital cameras to reach 100 million in 2007, say camera makers HTC set to supply DoCoMo iSuppli Webinar announced JTAG supports Altera Stratix II FPGA design security PROMATION Introduces assembly/soldering station Quanta may lose TomTom orders, say Chinese paper Read the latest issue of the Siemens SIPLACE Americas Newsletter in EMSNow's Newsletter Central STMicroelectronics and Samsung advance in China's chip market Sypris lowers earnings outlook while cash fow remains strong Two timely NPL lead-free events prior to legislation d-day X-Line Asset Management to auction equipment of global EMS provider Zestron America announces new sales representative Jul 14, 2006 38% of global electronics output now produced in Asia Pacific Dominique Numakura Newsletter from Japan DVD burner quotes falling amid competition from Foxconn and NEC HCL Technologies wins $70M outsourcing bid HMS begins construction of its 4th factory Hon Hai's Chinese subsidiary was China's largest forex earner in 2005 Juki Corporation wins 2006 Surface Mount Technology award Kinaxis receives distinction as 'Great Supply Chain Partner' Major LCD panel makers' outlook for 2H 2006 remains positive Manufacturing Resource Corporation (MRC) announces expansion in India M-Flex cuts Q3 guidance for net income and confirms revenue guidance NEDA supports Senate proposal on 'Berry Amendment' Samsung to invest $401 Million in more PCB production TTM to conduct Q2 conference call on July 26 Jul 17, 2006 Acer aims to regain 3rd place in notebook market by pushing Sonoma models ASAT reports Q4 and 2006 financial results Bob Douglas joins Inovaxe Corporation as President CircuitMedic Brand products announced Commission ruling shock on DecaBDE HMS Hollmuller's 80th Birthday Hon Hai to step Into LCD TV market KIC posts energy savings case study to web site Made2Manage Systems acquires Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Over 4,500 PCB assembly & automated test systems installed by NEA Quanta and Compal deny LGE court ruling claims Seica doubles production capacity SigmaTron reports year-end results for fiscal 2006 Singh wins 'Best Of Conference Award' THT Research - Weekly OEM/ODM Newsletter TomTom denies shift of OEM orders from Quanta Computer Venture Outsource contract manufacturing survey released online Jul 18, 2006 Atotech develops electrolytic copper plating bath BTU Q2 2006 earnings conference call 07/21/06 Dage wins Advanced Packaging Award for 4000HS high-speed bondtester DEK lands Advanced Packaging Awards duo at Semicon West ECS, Uniwill merge to form Taiwan's N0.6 notebook PC contract supplier Foxconn notebook shipments to Sony jump Foxconn Technology to benefit from increased Nintendo DS Lite shipments Indian PC market booms VISHAL SURI iSuppli upgrades near-term DRAM market rating to neutral Pb-free compatible die attach adhesive now available from Henkel SANMINA-SCI updates quarterly guidance Solectron names Marty Neese as Executive VP of Operations Sypris Solutions, Inc. Q2 conference call on the Internet Universal Instruments enhances Package-on-Package flexibility VJ Electronix expands to new manufacturing facility Jul 19, 2006 Aegis expands customer gateway with online ordering Aqueous Technologies wins Advanced Packaging Award ASAT Holdings receives Nasdaq compliance letter Asustek ships PS3, CyberTAN may land PS3-use Wi-Fi module orders BOE HYDIS begins shipment of mobile LCD modules BP Microsystems ships first Helix units Calumet Electronics upgrades inner layer processing Compal and Arima together account for 65% of Taiwan handset shipments in 2Q ESSEMTEC wins Advanced Packaging Award for its RO300FC with RO-CONTROL software Firan Technology Group announces U.S. $14,500,000 credit facilities HTC opens office, launches own-brand handset in Japan iSuppli to host OEM spending/regional design Webinar ITW announces acquisition of Kester, Inc. Nam Tai to release Q2/06 results on Monday, July 31, 2006 New x-ray inspection system from phoenix|x-ray Plexus doubles manufacturing footprint in China Siemens acquires Opto-Control, a specialist for 3-D automatic optical inspection systems Taiwanese NB suppliers report a banner June Taiwan's camera makers gain from cost-cutters' orders The 'Consumer Reports' of electronics contract manufacturing industry available for first time Jul 20, 2006 Almit announces widespread adoption of solder alloy in Aerospace and Military applications BenQ's revenue shot up 78% in June CirTran projects 30% increase in sales for Q2 Demand for MP3 players continues to soar in the Asia/Pacific ECS targets three million motherboards in monthly shipments Flextronics and Juniper enter into outsourcing relationship Fujitsu Siemens glad to see ECS's planned takeover of Uniwill Hard drive shipments exceed expectations in Q1 Heat Sinks cool BGAs in low air flow conditions Intertronics solves adhesive application issue Kyzen wins Advanced Packaging Award for Micronox MX2188 LG Electronics achieves 190.5 Billion Won of operating profits in 2Q Manufacturing Resource Corporation (MRC) announces expansion in India Merix announces that Carlene M. Ellis will not stand for re-election to the Merix board P Kay Metal announces MS2 distribution partners Palomar wins Semiconductor International's Editors' Choice Award PCi tackles the issue of UL approval on rigid flex circuits Rogers introduces R/flex JADE(TM) series adhesive system for flex circuit designs SMART Group unveils Lead-Free Experience 4 report Syntricity names Michael A. Crawford Senior VP of Engineering Teradyne announces Q2 results and authorization of stock repurchase program Universal picks up top honour at 2006 Advanced Packaging Awards Zestron America's free-of-charge cleaning trials Jul 21, 2006 Benchmark reports Q2 results and raises FY 2006 guidance BTU reports record Q2 results Camtek's Q2 results conference call to be held on August 7th at 11 a.m. EDT DEK lands Advanced Packaging Awards duo at Semicon West Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan ECS targets three million motherboards in monthly shipments Foxconn not withdrawing from CyberTAN Henkel develops die attach - mold compound Pb-free compatible material set solution Low cost is more than just skin deep for Motorola's Q Park Electrochemical Corp. announces special dividend Shipments of PC-related chips expected to grow 20% SMTC Corporation schedules second quarter results Jul 24, 2006 2006 SMTA Hutchins Grant Award recipient announced Editors' Choice Best Product Award presented to Asymtek Gartner says lower prices drive worldwide PC shipments to 11% growth in Q2 Hard drive shipments exceed expectations in Q1 Mobile phone shipments continue robust growth in Q2, says IDC MSI opens office in Poland Quanta and Mitac to ship AMD PCs to Dell, says paper Solectron announces upcoming schedule of investor events in Q4 FY2006 Jul 25, 2006 AUO said eyeing Poland for production base Cognex to present at 26th annual Canaccord Adams Summer Seminar DuPont unveils semiconductor materials lab in Taiwan Major international monitor brands increase orders for 17 and 19 inch panels MSI opens office in Poland Nam Tai invites you to join Its 2006 unaudited Q2 results conference call Quanta prepares to deliver US$100 notebook in 1Q07 R&D spending by semiconductor companies exceeds $30 Billion per year Samsung Electronics LCD TV tops world's list in five developed countries in US and Europe, and seven countries in Eastern Asia Vimicro orders multiple Teradyne J750 Test Systems Zestron America to present at ACI lead-free workshop Jul 26, 2006 CyberOptics Q2 conference call scheduled for July 26, 2006 DEK develops solution for high throughput singulated substrate processing Dover reports Q2 results and planned divestiture of seven businesses ESCC2006 - a unique event from EIPC, CircuiTree Magazine and EMSNow Philip Stoten Flextronics announces Q1 - net sales up 6%, GAAP EPS up 40% GOEPEL electronic's JTAG/Boundary Scan Software SYSTEM CASCON now supports Altera's USB Blaster Hunter Technology introduces its 'complete solution' Mania and Camtek sign OEM plotter agreement Practical Components announces new distribution channel for South Asia Rogers Corp. to showcase specialty material product solutions at China Hi-Tech Elexcon ‘06 Sales of Dage's XiDAT digital x-ray systems exceeds 500 units Jul 27, 2006 Chemcut launches Chinese language version of website CircuitMedic introduces Flextac BGA stencil rework kit Compal notebook shipments to set record in July CTS announces Q2 results - year-over-year EPS improvement continues DOVER announces Vitronics Soltec is for sale Enthone introduces CUPROSTAR® CVF1 microvia fill acid copper Excellon to represent Automa-Tech PCB production equipment Henkel develops accelerated cooling process to streamline Pb-Free flip-chip assembly IEC announces Q3 results for fiscal 2006 More than 30 HP products recognized for environmental achievement PC market growth dips to 9.7% as demand in Europe slows, says IDC Plexus announces another quater of record revenue and earnings Quanta making Toshiba LCD TVs for Taiwan and Asia markets Reasons increase to check authenticity of components Sanmina-SCI announces Q3 revenue results Solectron announces ISO 13485 Medical Certification of FinePitch facility TTM reports strong Q2 2006 results Universal Instruments leaves Dover portfolio YESTech opens office in Hampshire, UK Jul 28, 2006 Asymtek introduces Axiom Dual-Lane System Celestica announces Q2 results Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan iSuppli tool clears the muddy waters of PC procurement Jabil completes $200 Million stock repurchase program Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. announces North American partnership agreement with AU Optronics Corp. Palomar's latest automatic die bonder offers increased precision and accuracy Pemstar reports fiscal Q1esults - achieves Q1 revenue of $212.5 Million and basic EPS of $0.11 Primax lands Nokia Bluetooth headset orders Product mix and new business areas bring record sales for AT&S Quanta lands lucrative LCD-TV order from Toshiba Sypris reports Q2 results - cash flow remains strong Universal Instruments and Tsinghua University sign co-operation agreement Jul 31, 2006 2006 HKPCA & IPC show announced Book-to-Bill ratios for June 2006 holds parity iSuppli voted top electronics research firm in China JPSA introduces 'Swiss Army Knife' of Excimer Laser Workstations, IX-250 Nortech Systems to report Q2 results Aug. 3 NuSil Technology introduces low outgassing, thermal interface material Panasonic and Toshiba to close their joint venture Malaysia CRT plant Revenues of OEM handset maker FIH expected to hit US$10 billion in 2006 Taiwan NB makers to see demand up in August THT Research - Weekly OEM/ODM Newsletter