3D/SiP Advanced Packaging Symposium registration open ACE launches 104-F "Intelligent" selective fluxing system Acer Scores Record EPS of NT$5.4 for 2007 Acer to buy major share in Packard Bell for Euro 31 M. ACW and Silicon Forest Electronics Inc. form global manufacturing partnership ACW Technology Ltd. and Silicon Forest Electronics Inc. form strategic global partnership ACW Technology Ltd. and Silicon Forest Electronics Inc. form strategic global partnership Advansus partners with GeoVision and EverFocus for Q965 DVR system at Embedded World 2008 AGI now a certified Sayaka PCB router fixture manufacturer Agilent automated X-ray inspection system selected by Plexus Agilent releases measurement tips Agilent Technologies and Runcom Technologies to collaborate Agilent Technologies to release Boundary Scan-VTEP Hybrid Agilent updates firmware AIRCOM International and Teradata form strategic partnership Almit launches value-driven lead-free cored solder wire Almit launches value-driven lead-free cored solder wire Altek, Lite-On IT and Flextronics competing for licensing from HP for digital camera business Amkor announces departure of Chief Operating Officer Amkor reports strong Fourth Quarter 2007 results AOI from EPP APEX Exhibitor Preview I Arrow Electronics receives top award from Spansion for 2007 Outstanding Achievement Arrow Electronics receives top honors from Honeywell Arrow Electronics to acquire distributor ACI ASAT Holdings to request appeal hearing before Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel Ascentech provides product reliability testing to Henkel Asia/Pacific outsourcing model to change in 2008, per Manufactuuring Insights Assembleon announces MG-1R and MG-8R pick & place redesign Asustek delivers desktop PC and motherboard forecasts for 2008 Asustek expected to outsource over 50% of motherboards to OEMs, says paper Asustek rumored to have placed huge Sempron order, maybe planning low-cost AMD solution Asustek saw revenue soar 44% to NT$22.1 B. in Jan. Asustek to release orders for smart phones to Quanta and Compal Asymtek promotes Michel van de Vijver to General Manager Asymtek, Europe Asymtek signs new distributor agreements with AMB Technic and NORANA Asymtek to feature calibrated process jet dispensing of catalyst ink on fuel cell membranes at FC2008 Japan Booth #1-002 Atotech launches $5m nanoelectronics R&D partnership AUO announces 'Green Solutions' initiatives Austin American introduces new cleaning technology Benchmark reports results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2007 BenQ to outsource LCD TV production to Lite-On Between 2006 and 2012 the market for PCBs for the automotive sector is expected to double to over $5 Billion by 2012 Blue Thunder Technologies offers ESD products BTU accelerates growth of its solar energy equipment business BTU International reports Q4 & FY results BTU Q4 and FY earnings conference call 02/26/08 CADSTAR Express 9 receives "Best Product 2007" award Call for papers - EIPC Summer Conference Dresden, Germany, May 29 & 30 2008 Camtek announces 2007 fourth quarter and full year results Camtek's Q4 results release and conference call to be held on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 CEA applauds new energy star specification for digital TVs Celestica announces 2008 Annual General Shareholders' Meeting Celestica announces Q4 results - revenue down 2% CEMCO announces sale of Streamline CheckSum announces distribution agreement with Atlantech Chi Mei to invest 13.1 Billion Dollars in Chinese LCD module plant China's handset shipment growth to slow in 2008 China's handset shipment growth to slow in 2008 China's semiconductor market expected to surpass $28 Billion in 2011 Chris Korson named Business Development Manager CIMTEK launches Magellon QLM 3.3 Cobar introduces XF3 Solder Paste Cobar XF3 solder paste completes SN100C solder materials system; superior reflow, printing performance over SAC alloys Cogiscan partners with Kratzer Automation AG Compal Communications aims to ship 60 million handsets in 2008 Compal Communications looks to ship 60 M. mobile phones in 2008 Compal Communications voices concerns over Motorola plans to break up handset unit Compal decides to relocate quickly to Vietnam from China CPT closes CRT/CDT production lines in Mainland China CTS Automotive Products receives ''Supplier of Excellence Award for Product Development'' from Honda Motor CTS awarded production program for Smart Actuators CyberOptics Q4 conference call scheduled for February 13, 2008 David Byrd appointed Global Manager for Engineered Products DDi Corp. receives Boeing performance excellence award DDi Corp. to announce Q4 and FY 2007 results on February 13 DEK looks forward to World of Industry Electrotech 2008 DEK to illuminate solar energy sector DelSolar secures 133 million euro silicon wafer supply Difficulties exist in partnering with academic institutions on OLPC, says Quanta Dominique K. Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Dominique K. Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Dominique K. Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Dover declares regular quarterly cash dividend Dr. Richard Chang, President and CEO of SMIC, named Semiconductor International's 2007 Person of the Year ECA board sets aggressive new agenda ECS expects notebook shipments to reach 3.8 million this year EIPC Conference - Rome (part 1) John Ling Elcoteq divests its subsidiary in St. Petersburg to Flextronics Elcoteq feature EMS for communication technology companies at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008 Elcoteq readiness to address immense opportunity for OEMs in India Carsten Barth, Elcoteq blog Elcoteq to feature electronic manufacturing services at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008 Electronic component orders dip, but 2008 outlook remains bright Eli Westerlaken to present paper on SN100C flux systems development at APEX 2008 Eltek awarded its largest ever high-end PCB order from the U.S. EMA Design Automation to become Valor's representative EMS Technologies to present at the 29th Annual Cowen & Co. Aerospace/Defense conference Endicott Interconnect Technologies achieves Platinum Award Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. holds 5th Annual Patent Award Dinner Enics reorganizes it's operations In Finland Enthone celebrates opening of Advanced Applications Laboratory Eurocircuits to exhibit at Southern Manufacturing and Electronics Show FC Expo Japan 2008 to showcase DEK's enhanced fuel cell expertise FCT Solder introduces NC162 SN100C no-clean flux Fire at Lite-On LCD monitor factory in China Fire at Lite-On plant affects more than 50% of LCD monitor production capacity, says paper Flextronics to acquire the FRIWO mobile power business unit of CEAG Flextronics to challenge leading Taiwan-based makers in ODM/OEM digital camera production Ford's Sync sports economical design, iSuppli teardown reveals Free forums and poster papers at APEX Free seminar - Innovation in metal finishing and PCB manufacture Fujikura Europe to demonstrate 'Illumi-Array' products at ARC 2008 Gartner says worldwide mobile phone sales icreased 16% in 2007 Gen3 Systems acquires Process Support Products (PSP) and quadruples size of its UK and Ireland distributed product range HannStar Board eyes 30% growth in notebook PCB shipments in 2008 HannStar Board reportedly suspends Vietnam investment plans, to continue capacity expansion in Taiwan and China HannStar says, "Glass shortage in 2008 likely to affect on panel supply' Henkel honored with two inaugural prime source awards from Electrical/Electronics Distributor, EIS Heraeus opens upgraded manufacturing facility Hewlett-Packard Procurement Director to speak at iSuppli European Briefing Hon Hai acquires part of Sanmina-SCI's PC Unit Hon Hai eyes 30% boost Hon Hai's Earnings Estimated at $2.6B for 2007 HTC lands Sony Ericsson's ODM order for XPERIA X1 Series phones HTC to continue expanding in Japan with new shipments HTC to expand investment in Shanghai plant IDC study identifies 10 emerging mobile players to watch in 2008 Indium presents award to Zen Voce Indium technology experts presenting at APEX Indium's Chicago Materials Division earns ISO-9001:2000 certification iNEMI schedules RFID workshop on item-level tagging Infineon's Dr. Erk Thorsten Heyen to keynote iSuppli European Briefing Innolux to invest US$55 Million to build an LCM in China Innolux to invest US$55 million to build new LCM plant in China Inovar expands capabilities with new flying probe test system Inovaxe to display INOCART at Technologies Hi-Tech 2008 INSIDE Contactless wins GSMA Innovation Award Inspection of 01005 components now standard in OptiCon AOI systems Inventec likely to make ultra-portable NB PCs for big names IPC and JISSO sponsor technical seminar - Implementing Advanced Interconnect Technology Solutions IPC signs agreement with Tsinghua University for Vocational Training Program IPC sponsors Endicott Technology Interchange - will you be ready? IPC victory - EPA withdraws proposed changes to TRI forms iSuppli warns of NAND flash slowdown in 2008 Jabil implements PolyDyne's QuoteWin Jim Raby to deliver keynote at Atlanta SMTA Expo Jim Raby to deliver keynote at Atlanta SMTA Expo John Kennedy joins The Morey Corporation JPSA introduces industrial excimer laser base Kent Ang to lead DEK's Electroform and Platinum stencil production in Asia Key Tronic announces Q2 results KIC celebrates 30th year in the electronics industry KIC celebrates its 30th year in the Electronics Industry KIC to exhibit thermal solutions at WIN 2008 KIC to showcase KIC Explorer and KIC 24/7 at Componex Nepcon India 2008 Kimball reports Q2 results Kinaxis revolutionizes how manufacturers satisfy customers and drive revenue growth with launch of On-Demand RapidResponse for demand management Korea RoHS webinar offered March 6 Kyzen Corp. to exhibit at ElectroTech 2008 Kyzen Corp. to feature AQUANOX A4625 Aqueous Cleaner at Dallas SMTA Vendor Show 2008 Kyzen to highlight AQUANOX A4625 at the Houston SMTA Vendor Show 2008 LaBarge awarded $3.5 million in additional orders from modular mining LaBarge lands $9.2 million in contracts from Raytheon Missile Systems LaBarge manufacturing plant achieves one million hour safety mark LaBarge receives $2.2M contract from Raytheon for JSOW Program LaBarge sets new sales and earnings records for fiscal 2008 Q2 Landrex AOI appoints Michael Triber Eastern Regional Applications Manager Landrex AOI appoints regional sales reps for US territories Lite-On makes green energy its next business strength Lite-On monitor factory fire collides with lunar holiday Looking into the small/medium display crystal ball - An iSuppli webinar Magnetti Marelli selected Valor's vManage for full traceability and feeder verification Manncorp celebrates San Diego expansion with free feeders for ECM-EXP purchasers Manncorp designs lead-free wave solder system Manufacturing in Eastern Europe Carsten Barth, Elcoteq blog Marantz UK user group meeting puts new AOI software through its paces Materials for thin-film and organic photovoltaics will reach $3.8 Billion by 2015 Merlin Circuit Technology announce 1st UK installation of M-Treat AQ hole conditioner Merlin Circuit Technology Announce 1st UK Installation of M-Treat AQ hole Conditioner MFLEX names new CFO Microsoft seeks Taiwan partnership on new products via MTC Mouser Electronics and 3M Touch Systems Inc. sign distribution agreement Mouser offers FCI's Minitek CTW Active Latch Housing Mouser releases first 2008 quarterly new product catalog Mouser to distribute Infineon Technologies' semiconductors and system solutions Nam Tai Q4 2007 sales down 18.6%, gross profit margin up to 11.3% and EPS at 21 cents NanoMarkets releases white paper - Pushing Low-Cost Sensors to Market Neo Solar reports staggering growth for 2007 New customer support group at Photo Stencil New high accuracy resistance temperature detector (RTD) simulator from Pickering New JTAG/Boundary Scan Module enables structural Tests of DDR2 Mini DIMM244 Interfaces New NanoMarkets report projects Printed Electronics market will reach $30.1 Billion in 2015 New NanoMarkets report states that printed batteries market will surpass $2.1 billion by 2015 New tantalum surface mount chip capacitor from AVX Newark announces Live EDGE Challenge $100,000 global winner Next generation of environmental regulations assessed at APEX Nihon Superior paper on lead-free solder properties at APEX 2008 Nihon Superior USA exhibits SN100C at IPC International Conference on Flexible Circuits 2008 Nihon Superior USA to showcase SN100C at Dallas SMTA Vendor Show Nihon Superior USA to showcase SN100C at Houston SMTA Vendor Show Nordson reports record Q1 sales, operating profit and EPS Notebook shipments in Romania skyrocket in 4Q07, says IDC Notice of EMS Technologies, Inc. Q4 2007 conference call Numerex selects Morey Corporation to manufacture Orbit One SX1 Global Satellite-Based Tracking Tag OEMs shaking your stick? Adam Pick, Principal Analyst, EMS/ODM Services, iSuppli OK International announces European price reductions Optimal Electronics Corporation partners with Test_ing in Mexico Orbotech announces Q4 and FY results - revenue up slightly Ormecon continues to install Organic Metal Nanofinish lines Ormecon's Nanofinish goes commercial Osram introduces new white binning for high quality white LEDs Osram Opto Semiconductors showcases products at Strategies in Light 2008 Outsourcing strategies separate winners from losers in the mobile-handset market Owens Design shines on the solar industry p.access broadens global picocell appeal with new products Palomar features LED packaging methods at Strategies in Light Exhibition Palomar highlights new features of component placement system at OFC Booth #3316 Palomar Technologies highlights new features of component placement system Park reports death of co-founder and director Anthony Chiesa PDR launches accurate focussed IR rework in a handtool PDR launches accurate focussed IR rework in a handtool Peter Jordan files petition of insolvency Petroferm introduces electronic vapor degreasing replacement for HCFCs, TCE, nPB Pickering Interfaces expands range of products Plexus announce Joseph E. Mauthe as VP of Global Human Resources Plexus announces recapitalization Potential sale of Nam Tai's entire interest in J.I.C Technology Company Limited Price reductions announced on lead-free & regular solder pastes PROMATION announces new hand insertion / work station PROMATION enhances vertical buffer station PROMATION enhances wave unload flat belt PROMATION releases PRO 1812 Mini Laser Marker Protecting brand reputation Carsten Barth, Elcoteq Pyxis Technology, Inc. adds KT Venture Group, LLC to Investors Q-Cell plans to build solar cell plant in Malaysia RAD Data Communications wins GSM Association's Global Mobile Award RBP Chemical Technology names Commercial Manager at India facility Results from the IPC/Intel Halogen Free Symposium Fern Abrams Revolutionary streaming technology attains real fusion of JTAG Emulation and Boundary Scan for the first time ever Robert Neves to recieve IPC'S 2007 Hall of Fame award Sanmina-SCI Guadalajara, Mexico facility receives AS9100 aerospace certification Sanmina-SCI to exit personal computing business SEHO and KIC announce release of new value-added capability SEHO and KIC announce the release of a new value-added capability SEMI establishes global photovoltaic initiative SEMI Fab database reports show 15% decline in equipment Fab spending for 2008 Servatron achieves record revenue in 07; expands facility Siplace future proofs TTems UK Growth SMART Group Conformal Coating Day filling up fast SMTA announces 6th annual AIMS Harsh Environment Electronics Workshop SMTA Toronto Academy Program to feature courses and certification Snow fooling - the supply chain risks of not asking the right questions Bill Robert, TFI Blog Snows in China will not affect Quanta shipments goal in 2008, says president Sono-Tek assigned patent for its MediSonic technology Sony enters digital photo frame market; Taiwan makers concerned over panel supply in 2008 Sony to buy LCD TV panels from Sharp from FY 2008 Southern Electronics sets new visitor record Sparton Corporation releases 2Q08 results Sparton responds to inquiries regarding David Hockenbrocht Successful campaign for BSI Committee members Sunburst EMS announces strategic acquisition of New England Wire Assemblies Super light-weight dispensing valve from Intertronics SURVEY: Take the EMSNow/Technology Forecasters OEM Outsourcing Survey Synchronized Manufacturing Technologies enters into agreement with Doug Cameron Associates SYSTEM CASCON sets new standards for interaction between Boundary Scan tools in Flying Probe Testers System Integration Services - A new role for the EMS Carsten Barth, Elcoteq Blog Taiwan makers to account for over 50% of global shipments of digital photo frames in 2008, says paper Taiwan PCB makers optimistic despite possible Motorola handset spinoff Taiwanese manufacturers gear up to offer WiMAX products Taiwan's NB PC, handsets and display panel sectors to keep strong growth in 2008 Talking Trash - fewer than one in 10 U.S. Consumers recycled their old mobile handsets in Q4 Technical conference promises a sure bet at APEX TFI WEBCAST - Industrial Products Outsourcing Update Thales Nederland chooses Valor's solutions for process engineering TPCA plans PCB industry cluster in Vietnam TTM reports Q4 & FY results TXP to present at Merriman Curhan Ford IP Video Conference 2008 UKEA signs up to National Electronics Week Unitech January PCB sales driven by car and GPS applications Universal and Speedline equipment selected for Memco's new PCB assembly line Unovis Solutions addresses fundamental reliability issues at 2008 AREA Consortium Workshop UP Media Group announces second Virtual PCB scheduled for November Varian OKs $100M stock buyback program Virtual PCB opens today Viscom opens applications and training center in Mexico Webinar Series scheduled for Design Professionals Winland Electronics, Inc. adds supply chain executive Winland restructures manufacturing and operations X-Line asset management to liquidate Westell SMT Facility Ya Hsin denies handing over control of its facilities in China Zebra Technologies to implement global supply chain strategy ZESTRON America to exhibit at the Houston SMTA Expo ZESTRON promotes Ravi Parthasarathy to Senior Process Engineer Zurvahn LLC appoints Jim Hutkay to VP of Sales Zurvahn LLC hires Jurgen Kruppa as VP of Business Development