Blakell Europlacer adds Hexi Reflow Ovens to portfolio DDi Corp. announces Q3 results DDi Corp. awarded MIL-PRF-55110 certification for Anaheim facility DEK launches Dual Lane solution EMS Technologies reports robust Q3 performance Endicott Interconnect Technologies' wire bond product launched into space Foxconn on-quarter net profits grow over 27% in 3Q07 Gintech aspires to become global top-three solar maker in 2011 HTC gross margin hits record high in 3Q on improved product mix and declining ODM business Indium's Corporate Communications Director earns SMTA Award Key Tronic announces Q1 results Mouser expands Harwin product portfolio with turret lugs New SYSTEM CASCON™ software release from GOEPEL Nintendo takes the lead in the video-game console software market Productronica 2007 - exhibitor preview I Qisda lands orders from Sony 32" LCD TVs Quanta expects 2007 notebook shipments to break predictions RapidResponse achieves "Powered by SAP NetWeaver®" status RBP broadens efforts in European market Sanmina-SCI Q4 and FY results - revenue and income down year-on-year Transition Automation publishes comprehensive squeegee selection and ordering guide Verdant announces first three Occam development partners Zero Defects announces the appointment of Tapco Circuit Supply Agilent introduces industry's first probing solution for oscilloscope measurements in extreme temperatures Agilent introduces industry's first probing solution for oscilloscope measurements in extreme temperatures Beyond Contract Manufacturing - How innovative OEMs capture millions of dollars in unforecast profits Celestica recognizes top global suppliers Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan ECS reports profits through first three quarters of 2007 EMS and Windmill develop portable, light-weight GBS system Foxconn moves into e-business by taking up Alibaba IPO Kontron Malaysia chooses Valor's design verification tool LaBarge awarded $3 million in contracts from Kaman Aerospace M-Flex year-end and Q4 results conference call and webcast on November 5, 2007 MMC Inc. to provide marketing services to The Morey Corporation Nam Tai Q3 2007 sales down 6%, gross profit margin improves to 12.7% and EPS at 28 cents NOTE acquires production capacity in Poland Notebook component shortage may hit notebook ODMs in 2Q 2008 Thin film/printable batteries market to reach $5.6 billion by 2015 Yageo to build world's largest passive-component production base in Suzhou Act now to prepare for compliance with the EuP Directive Ascentech integrates dispensing into product line Eastcom expects profit to triple IC unit shipments poised for double-digit growth in 2007 If the left one don't get you, the right one will Harvey Stone, Managing Director, GoodBye Chain Group, on TFI's blog New CEA research reveal CE industry trends aropund the world Nortech Systems to report Q3 results Oct. 31 Notice of EMS Technologies, Inc. Q3 2007 conference call Premier Farnell & Newark announce international panel of judges for $100,000 LiveEdge Competition Winland announces three orders and renewals valued at $11.6 Million A NEW start for modern electronics Benchmark reports results for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 Celestica announces Q3 results CEMCO announces sales Kinaxis recognized for supplier excellence Lite-On and E-ton form solar cell joint venture Nokia and Samsung continue gains as mobile phone volume rises 13.8%, according to IDC Photovoltaic industry emerging as star in Taiwan PROMATION integrates BarTender software into laser marker Quanta Computer denies O2 Asia Pacific relationship terminated Rogers honored by Deloitte's Connecticut Technology Fast 50 Ranking Taiwan government committed to dealing with concerns from the solar industry Test Research Inc. expands into Europe The Institute of Circuit Technology announces evening seminar TXP appoints David P. McNeil to Board of Directors Asustek to officially ink 3G licensing agreement with Qualcomm soon Cal-Comp Electronics lands 3-year partnership with Seagate DDi Corp. to announce Q3 results on October 30 Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Dover reports 16% EPS improvement in Q3 results IPC and JEDEC host International Conference on Lead-free Electronics LaBarge, Inc. schedules Q1 release and conference call Lear wins an INOCART-2BAY during a promotion at SMTA International 2007 Next week at Nepcon East - Exhibitor highlights Nortech Systems' CEO accompanies Minnesota Trade Mission to India Partnertech invitation to conference call Quanta insists OLPC shipments still on track Samsung Electronics decides on LCD expansion investment Sanmina-SCI Guadalajara receives National Labor Award Spansion signs foundry agreement with SMIC Spartanics and Systec partnership to create custom-engineered screen printing systems Specialty soldering equipment section added to Manncorp website Stakes raised to reduce waste in electronics industry A.C.E. appoints LARYO rep in Italy AT&S raises first half revenues, and increases operating profit by 18% BTU reports Q3 results - revenue and earnings growth CTS reports Q3 results - revenue and earnings up DfR Solutions adds representation in Europe Endicott Interconnect launches SiP designs Flextronics announces Q2 record results Foxconn reportedly to buy Amtran CBs Handset start-up Mobinnova lands smartphone orders from i-mate Linear Technology expands global agreement to include Newark Mouser now stocking Avago Technologies' Moonstone LEDs National Electronics Week welcomes widespread industry support ASAT Holdings regains Nasdaq compliance China market - Five of top-ten LCD TV makers China-based Dage's David Bernard at Productronica Process Clinic Finisar receives 2007 Excellence in Technology Alignment award from Cisco Gartner says Asia/Pacific and EMEA regions drove Q3 PC shipments while U.S. market experienced weaker-than-expected results Henkel expands partnership with Ellsworth Adhesives Marilyn Driscoll and Diane Burton join Nepcon UK team Mouser signs Global Distribution Agreement with California Micro Devices Owens Design shines on solar industry Quanta to suffer shipment decrease in Q4 Teknoflex acquires Leveler Arrow Asia's web-based supply-chain tool delivers materials management efficiencies and inventory cost reductions Comment on Greenpeace iPhone study Counting the cost of component counterfeiting Hon Hai Group sales break NT$1 Trillion mark in first 3 quarters iNEMI opens office in Shanghai IPC and Intel announce Symposium on Halogen-free Technology KIC's Marybeth Allen to present during Productronica 2007 Mouser and Amphenol Fiber Optic Products announce Global Distribution Agreement Mouser now stocking STM32 MCU family from STMicroelectronics Nam Tai conference call on the Web PolyDyne Software expands services in China Titan initiates plan to divest PCB manufacturing units Two Italian manufacturing operations of Nokia Siemens Networks to be transferred to Jabil Agilent and Solution Technology provide fibre channel training Elcoteq becomes Telsima's global manufacturing partner for WiMAX solutions Henkel prepares for grand opening of Henkel Huawei Electronics Mold Compound Facility IPC Midwest delivers on its promise - the right time and the right place Motherboard makers hold different views on 4Q outlook Pickering Interfaces introduces new LXI optical switching solution Raytheon honors Celestica with prestigious three star supplier excellence award Samsung reportedly to procure cellphone PCBs from Taiwan Sayonara to vertical manufacturing and konnichiwa to contract manufacturing in Japan TTM Technologies, Inc. to conduct Q3 conference call on October 31 Universal Instruments and Valor partner to deliver best-in-class NPI solution Universal Instruments to hold joint seminar with leading SMT companies in Shanghai Beam On and MRC joining hands BTU International to participate in Electronics Seminar in Turkey David Torp joins IPC as VP of Standards and Technology Eltek selected by a tier-one european military and aerospace conglomerate for a three-year strategic high-end PCBs production agreement Gigabyte Communications expects to land mobile TV handset orders iNEMI kicks off European Roadmap effort at Productronica Neo Solar lands big order from european solar module heavyweight Nepcon UK celebrates 40th anniversary with additional exhibitor benefits for 2008 event New report from Electronics.ca Publications Pillarhouse releases entry level - selective, wave and rework system - the "GEM" SMIC holds 2007 Technology Symposium in Beijing Teradyne reports Q3 results Dominique Numakura Newsletter from Japan ECA component order index continues upward momentum Inovaxe team members join SMTA's Council on MSD Kimball International, Inc. expands stock repurchase authorization Kimball International, Inc. holds annual meeting of share owners and declares dividend Manncorp offers free feeders with purchase of some pick & place systems Mouser expands C&D Technologies product portfolio NPL launches new report NPL's Chris Hunt picks up two awards at inaugural IPC Midwest Conference OEMs - Get free executive summary of the TFI/EMSNow 2007 Outsourcing Report Card Simplo expects new Apple orders to boost shipment growth in 2008 SMTA International Conference - technical paper available Suntron Corporation awarded 2007 Frost & Sullivan award for Competitive Strategy Leadership Toshiba opens new LCD TV plant in Poland Agilent LXI-based oscilloscopes make Industry Magazine's annual top-products list Arrow Central Europe opens office in Russia BTU Q3 conference Call 10/23/07 Eee PCs to take Asustek notebook business to new heights, says company chairman Henkel promotes Dr. Renzhe Zhao to Technical Manager Position Intel joins Bill Clinton's global initiative Meir Zelzer, former Senior VP in SAP joins Valor as new Head of R&D Quanta lands contract orders for NBs from LG Quanta to see negative growth in notebook PC shipments in 4Q07, says paper Sypris Solutions, Inc. Q3 conference call on the Internet The Outsourcing Navigator Series TXP partners with NorthStar Communications Group for retrofit installations Valor appoints GATEline AB as representative in Sweden, Norway and Finland's design market Asustek may expand branded notebook PC business via acquisition Bench top MultiLayer Press from LPKF Drive down costs to improve quality and time to market Bill Roberts, TFI blog posting Inovaxe introduces INOCART-MSD New Datapaq Software for monitoring reflow oven performance Productronica 2007 - micro-production in the Limelight Taiwanese photovoltaic manufacturers forecast bright outlooks A "Classic" stopgap measure Availability of the Chinese language version of Flexible Circuit Technology announced BTU receives $1.9 Million order for nuclear fuel-sintering furnace from China CMO starts production at second overseas LCM Plant in China CTS announces dates for Q3 release and conference call Dr. Di Wu joins Cobar Europe as R&D Scientist Frank Rondinelli joins Hesse & Knipps, Inc. as Director of Sales Handset makers aggressively developing iPhone-like products HTC selects Celestica as contract supplier for foothold in Latin America Indium announces new sales channel for Eastern North America Jaltek revolutionises product realisation for embedded systems with true IDMS offering Lightspeed Mfg. EMS shows off new capabilities, services at NEPCON East NEDA Executive Conference final program set Speedline to present webinar on stencil design Wistron snaps op big orders from Dell Cadence named one of the Best Employers in Russia CEA-Leti relies on Vistec's SB3054 for Electron Beam Lithography China produces 9.391 Million LCD TVs in 8 months Compal notebook shipments hit high in September Everett Charles Technologies showcase capabilities at SEMICON Europa 2007 Indium Sales Engineer offers SMTA Certification program in Chinese KIC's Brian O'Leary to present during Thermal Profiling Session Lloyd Doyle LD6000 range at Semicon Europa 2007 Most first-tier motherboard makers see revenues up in September OK International unveils enhancements to fume extraction technology Quanta, Wistron post banner sales for September RVSI introduces WS-3800 Xpress Wafer Inspection System SMTA recognizes Celestica for technology leadership Arrow joins Altera to host SOPC World 2007 in Greater China Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Essemtec to exhibit at Mexitrónica 2007 Gateway plans to acquire Packard Bell B.V. HTC scored whopping EPS of NT$33 for first 3 quarters iNEMI begins work on 2009 Roadmap at fall conferences Key Tronic announces Q1 reporting date LG Electronics to outsource some of its LCD TV production to a Taiwanese firm Notebook maker Inventec suffers setback in smartphone business Park announces appointment of Matthew Farabaugh as Controller Quanta likely to commit equity investment in PC case maker Liow Ko Quanta, Wistron hit record revenues in September RMD Instruments to exhibit LeadTracer-RoHS System at Mexitrónica 2007 Samsung to release handset PCB orders to Taiwan makers, says paper Sanmina-SCI Q4 earnings conference call Valor expands business X-Line Asset Management to auction equipment of Symmorphix facility CCL makers unlikely to raise price further Credit crunch may hinder holiday season for LCD-TVs and monitors Foxconn to invest in G-Tech for touch panel development Kyzen appoints authorized distributor in Vietnam Labtech Microwave appoints new UK and European Business Development Manager Louise Conway joins Nepcon UK as Sales Manager Merix announces Q1 results Occam developers conference Oct 16th, San Jose Reorganization of Nam Tai Group Sanmina-SCI Defense and Aerospace Systems Division's FireComm(TM) selected by Alenia Aeronautica SOMACIS pcb industries and Cosmotech from a joint venture in Brazil and Korea Teradyne to announce Q3 results Wintek becomes World's No.2 producer of cellphone panels ZESTRON America sponsors PWAR 5K to benefit SERVE Balver Zinn to sponsor Process Advice and Defect Clinic at Productronica 2007 Bernard Bismuth becomes President of FIEN CONFERENCE COPENHAGEN - DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER!! Panasonic pledges to reduce CO2 emissions from manufacturing operations worldwide SMTA Annual Awards announced Taiwan Power solar power station bid draws attention VJ Electronix's Douglas K. Robinson relocates to manage Asian office Why care about health care? Matt Chanoff, TFI Blog Xiangyang Song, Ph.D., joins JPSA laser engineering team Aqueous appoints Eastern Europe Distributor Asahi Glass to establish new plant to make 10G LCD substrates Benchmark revises Q3 guidance due to slower than anticipated product and program transitions and softer demand Dage's David Bernard at SMTAI Process Clinic Indium thermal engineers participate in panel discussion at SMTAI iNEMI publishes 2007 research priorities KASION celebrates 15th Anniversary in Shenzhen OptoTherm announces new sales representative Productronica 2007 presents trends and innovations of electronic production Unimicron to integrate supply chain via acquisitions Wistron to make new industrial PDA for Motorola, say sources BTU's WinCon control system now supports barcode product traceability Downturn looms for desktop PC monitor market Environment assessment poses hurdles for new Asahi Glass plant in Taiwan Everett Charles Technologies to showcase capabilities at SEMICON Europa 2007 Focused IR rework technology from PDR on show at Productronica Gartner says worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending to increase 4% in 2007 Indium Corporation announces promotion Makers of notebook PC PCBs enjoy lucrative operations New vertical lift stencil printers from MannCorp Powell-Mucha Consulting to present new EMS tutorial at SMTA International Conference Stablcor enters into licensing agreement with TTM Technologies Suntron Corporation announces initiation of 'Going Private' transaction Valor to present Agilent 5DX set-up solution at California Board Test User Group Avnet Electronics Marketing and Navico announce exclusive global supply chain pact Flextronics announces final results of elections for merger consideration Gore adds round cable to online configuration tool Huntron introduces new Access USB robotic systems Jabil to hold analyst meeting Matsushita shuts down CRT plants in Southeast Asia Occam process conference announced Sinoar starts operations at new thin-film solar cell plant Smart phones forecast to be hot product for Taiwan's contract suppliers Supply tug-of-war breaks out in the small/medium display market Westinghouse Rail Systems selects XJTAG boundary scan system ZESTRON America to present and exhibit at the SMTAI Conference ASC International offers one year warranty DDi Corp. awarded AS9100 certification for Milpitas and Ohio facilities Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Dover announces Q3 earnings release date, conference call, and webcast EMS Technologies named to Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in Georgia for tird year Flextronics completes acquisition of Solectron Hannstar Board expects increasing PCB orders for low-price PCs IPC honors 15 member companies with IPC Founders Awards IPC honors volunteers for outstanding contributions IPC releases PCB industry results for August 2007 IPC/JEDEC global conference on lead free reliability LaBarge awarded $5.7 million contract from BAE systems for DDG 1000 Zumwalt destroyer program Matsushita battery plant fire to have limited impact on notebook market Mouser now stocking DLP Design's new DLP-FLASH2 debugging and programming device Samsung SM400 series on display at Mexitronica Siemens will demonstrate Siplace X3 placement machine at SMTAI Tin Technology Ltd granted UKAS accreditation Agilent to host board test user group meetings in California Foxconn enters management team of LED maker AOT KIC appoints NEW COMP POLSKA as Polish representative Kyzen introduces Know the ScoreTM database Matt Turpin appointed President of Zentech OEM contract manufacturing to grow $11 Billion by 2011 PCB assemblies for high volume commercial applications from Endicott Interconnect technologies RoHS parts numbering could endanger your mental health Michael Kirschner, Design Chain Associates and Consultant to TFI Environment SMTA International - Orlando, FL - 7-11 October 2007