Search Archives   Archive February 2004 Asian Manufacturing: from ‘Four Tigers’ to ‘Four Octopi’ By Pamela J. Gordon and Bob Wyckoff AVX Glass Capacitors provide clear solution for mission to Mars AVX reports loss for December 2003 Quarter Broadcom reports Q4 and FY 2003 results Electronics makers lead hiring boom in Taiwan & China First wafer-level packaging congress announced Flextronics announces record Q3 results – margin increase GlobalSpec announces partnership with Laser Focus World New cleaning products increase user safety Quanta postpones planned factory in Czech Republic Speedline Technologies Launches New Products in North America TTM Technologies, Inc. to present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Tech 2004 conference Cadence reports Q4 and 2003 results Celestica Q4 and FY results – sales growth, but loss, CEO Resigns DEK announces representative changes in key regions Infineon to acquire Taiwanese chip designer ADMtek IPC Book-to-Bill for December 2003 IPC reports positive feedback from its European activities Jo Warnier Mark A. Dingley appointed VP and GM, Enthone PWB Chemistry Merix announces pricing of public stock offering Pemstar reports Q3 results Tecnomatix and UGS PLM Solutions extend strategic alliance TSMC losses cancel out gains by AU Optronics TTM reports strong gains in Q4 of 2003 Venture Outsource Group reports 20% increase in enrolments 17 companies selected for revolutionary technologies ASC International takes on sales and service of Samsung AOI Equipment IEC announces Q1 profit Intel to help Taiwan’s notebook makers develop clone market Jetway Information to triple graphics card production capacity in China Just two weeks until the EIPC Winter Conference in Cannes, France SMTA and Auburn University organise Electronics Workshop TRACE32 supports StarCore TSMC Q4 report – record sales and profits up sixfold year on year. AIM announces lead-free Electronics Assembly Workshop Battle brews in Taiwan’s electronics sector Creative Automation Co. exhibits digital dispensing at APEX Endicott Interconnect Technologies achieves military qualification Handheld market declines by 18%, says IDC Henkel promotes Muni to new position IMS announces full line of lead-free resistor components KEMET to present at the Thomas Weisel Tech 2004 Conference this Wednesday Kester partners with FEINFOCUS on lead-free seminars Merix announces exercise of over-allotment option of 500,000 shares of common stock by underwriters Tyco Electronics highlights Pressfit assembly equipment at APEX Video duty warning for monitor vendors Advanced Circuits showcases free engineering service Agilent & TDA Systems demonstrate signal integrity model Broadcom acquires RAIDCore Curtiss-Wright completes acquisition of Dy 4 Systems Inc. DDi Corp. seeks to list on NASDAQ First 10 Gbps NRZ backplane FlexLink announces expansion, moves U.S. headquarters Indium Corporation to exhibit Pb-Free products at APEX Kontron and TFS form strategic alliance MSL reports Q4 2003 and FY results – sales up 55% M-Wave - update on restructuring NAM TAI - TCL Corporation commences dealing on the Shenzhen stock exchange Solectron completes divestiture of Dy 4 Systems Taiwan computer exhibition set for Friday launch Xilinx establishes regional HQ in Singapore AVX Corporation declares dividend Coretec to Acquire Ohio-based Proto Circuit Dominique Numakura’s Newsletter from Japan Highly-polished squeegees boost lead-free paste performance New fume extraction from Metcal Pro-mation appoints Process Technologies Seica looks to the West Siemens Dematic honoured with 2003 Gold Equipment Vendor Award Siemens Dematic partners with Rochester Institute of Technology Smartphones put PDA makers in a pickle SMT Resource Group launches web site Ta Ya Electric builds wire & cable plant in Kunshan Tyco reports Q1 – $719million income UMC 4Q sales up 35.3% on-year, net profits up six-fold Viking Test announces more sales success Arrow signs supply chain agreement with AMX Corp. Circatex hire trouble-shooter - recovery in the pipeline Circuitronics LLC selected by Johnson Controls Cisco reports Q2 earnings Fabrinet announces participation in Procurement World 2004 Flextronics to increase purchases from Taiwan German firm sets up engineering center in Hsinchu, Taiwan Nordson directors declare Q2 dividend Park Electrochemical discontinue financial support for Dielektra – insolvency expected SEI Electronics, Inc. launches new resistor product catalog Sign up for free subscription to new lead-free web magazine. SMTEK reports Q2 profitability Tamura F.A. System Corporation introduces FLIP Universal and Hitachi extend collaboration to 2009 ASC International to add new model Fine, Fast and Flexible HP eyes Chinese market share IBM Taiwan reports big jump in sales IRC introduces Chromaxx thin film resistors Kester partners with BTU on lead-free seminar LaBarge reports sales and earnings up for fiscal Q2 2004 New ChromaDice laser scribing from JPSA Plexus secures exclusive contract with Patientline Sanmina-SCI first to license design and fabrication rights to Nortel Networks channel routing technology SMTA to co-organise Nepcon Shanghai conference TREK Industries to showcase new products UMC to spend over US$2bn on new equipment Agilent Technologies to sponsor DARPA Challenge Benchmark Electronics reports Q4- exceeds guidance Dovebid conducts electronic assembly exchange Labtech invests in new generation laser machine Nam Tai announce Q4 – Income up 119% Orbotech announces Q4 and FY results Orbotech awarded major AOI order from Merix Orbotech to purchase by Clal's shareholding in Negevtech Parlex announces Q2/FY2004 conference call Quality key as Labtech secure ISO9001: 2000 Quanta Computer to ship 12 million notebooks in 2004 SEI expands thin film chip resistor offering Stock options exercised to subscribe for Elcoteq shares Taiwanese shares likely to be spared fallout from bird flu Aeroflex plans to divest thin film interconnect business Aeroflex receives orders Chrysler Group's Huntsville electronics ops to be acquired by Siemens VDO Automotive Datapaq introduces wave solder analysis Foxconn revenues down 27% on-month in January Lead-free solder joints from Nihon New Venture Research Corp. and E. 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McKay & Co. form joint venture PCB West 2004 announces final program PDR develops BGA and SMT rework system Solectron prices $450 Million convertible senior note offering Universal and CeTaQ announce agreement Universal appoints distributor in Portugal Universal Instruments appoints Selettra USPCA Presidents Message February 2004 Zymet introduces new encapsulant Agilent introduces low-priced calibration service Agilent semiconductor and optical test equipment auction Aspocomp Group financial performance 2003 AT&S - Clear commitment to Klagenfurt AVX develops EMI filter array Camtek receives multiple order for Pegasus AOI Component order index rises again in January FlexLink to introduce new products at APEX GEM moves into former Jabil facility and expands offerings Gould announces copper foil price increases Nepcon stays national Park Electrochemical announces release of N4000-12 Parlex reports Q2 – Revenue up, loss narrows Pentagal-Chemie launches new lead-free HAL for Asian market Seeba announces "Producing Lead-free Products" Workshop SEICA to unveil new products at IPC/Apex Taconic's Irish plant upgrades to ISO 9001:2000 certification Trimech Technology to introduce heat bonding equipment at APEX 2004 Tyco Electronics highlights Opus 3 Universal Instruments and CyberOptics sign partnership agreement Visiprise outperforms in 2003 AT&S Accelerating Christopher Group expands service & support capabilities Cimnet System's new and enhanced product offerings! Countdown to IPC/APEX - the IPC Designers Summit DDi Corp. Launches Stacked MicroVia (SMV™) Technology Design Chain Associates and EPTAC to present seminars on lead-free directives Dominique Numakura’s Newsletter from Japan Fabrinet secures loan from Bank of Nova Scotia First for Koki at APEX 2004 Flat panel maker to invest billions IPC and Soldertec Global to sponsor lead-free conference ITIS sees bright future in Taiwan component production Milara announces STW-1 New software announced from PDR Taiwan optical display production to reach $14.71B in '04 Tecnomatix announces Q4 and full year 2003 results TKK and Enthone reach agreement Aegis and Cogiscan launch closed-loop manufacturing solution Agilent’s 2004 Basic Instruments Selection Guide now available Amkor to acquire Taiwan assembly and test facility Dover declares regular quarterly cash dividend ENSCO and Endicott Interconnect Technologies team up IMAPS announces 2004 4-tier technical program Marybeth Allen to speak at IMAPS chapter meeting Silicon Labs, TSMC shrink cellphone chips Solectron to Sell SMART Modular Technologies Business Taiwan chipmakers increase fab capacities Teradyne announces complimentary web seminar Valor Q4 results – major expansion planned  Alex Wong promoted at Pro-mation Compal warns of lousy quarter EIPC Winter Conference 2004, Cannes Jurong Technologies' profit soars 95% to S$27.3 Million Lead-free HAL of Pentagal-Chemie at IPC Network over a beer at Nepcon Nortel plans to outsource WLAN modules to Taiwan makers Sparton releases Q2 results TaiwanHighTech.Com Ultrasonic develops new process Vanguard EMS selects DEN-ON’s RD-500 Vishay reports Q4 2003 A new newsletter designed to help improve your sales. Auction of a PCB manufacturing facility in Toronto Career Tech embarks on $9 million expansion project Cobar to present paper at APEX Gartner Technology demand index shows U.S. enterprises poised to increase IT spending in 2004 Ms Maija-Liisa Friman start as President and CEO of Aspocomp on April 1st NEMI research priorities Quanta and Pou Chen form LCD monitor JV Sparton addresses corporate governance issues Spirit Circuits announce the purchase of two UK PCB facilities Universal and DaimlerChrysler form partnership Venture Outsource Group appoints advisory board Agilent reports Q1 – orders up, sales up and profit! Arrow Electronics announces equity offering BTU announces live Q4 webcast Cyber Technologies USA launches new web site EIPC Summer Conference Exchange rates worry Taiwan’s exporters JPSA Laser announces UV laser marking services Kyzen releases AQUANOX A4520 NARM to change name Quanta Computer to invest NT$2 billion on LCD TV business Scanfil Groups turnover up SMTC announces CDN$40.0 Million private placement Agilent demonstrates data capture Agilent introduces GUI BTU opens factory in China CyberOptics reports strong Q4 Revenues DEK expands next-generation stencil technology development Dominique Numakura’s Newsletter from Japan ICOS announces Q4 Indium to present papers at APEX Indium, Speedline and KIC announce partnership KIC appoints DG Marketing as new representative NVIDIA introduces PCI Express GPUs Polyclad Introduces 370HR Lead-free Assembly Compatible, CAF Resistant Laminate and Prepreg Systems Quanta and Compal notebook shipments to pick up in February and March Scanfil Groups turnover up Seminar held on Taiwan hi-tech venture UL, Solectron cooperate in NEBS venture Aaeon lands US medical equipment order for embedded single-board computers Camtek announces plans for secondary offering Cimnet Systems introduce Paradigm V3.0 and Navipoint V2.0 at APEX 2004 Compeq aims at NT$20 billion for 2004 revenues Credence reports Q1 Fluent Inc announces release of Icepro 4.0 International Finance Corp opens credit facility in Thailand for Fabrinet LaBarge completes acquisition of Pinnacle Electronics Meriton Networks and Sanmina-SCI announce alliance NVIDIA Quadro Graphics wins awards Rohm and Haas achieves MRP II class A certification Rohwedder Pematech and Digitaltest launch new testcell at APEX Smart Group PCB Procurement Day Smart Sonic introduces tabletop ultrasonic stencil cleaner STMicroelectronics inaugurates third design and facility in India Tech stocks help to propel TAIEX to 41-month high Transition Automation announces Flex-Kit board support system Tyco Electronics brings Kanetic product line to APEX Universal wins Apex 2004 Innovation Technology Showcase award Vectron’s Vilella named co-chair of AOI committee New products at IPC Expo Aegis launches European subsidiary AIM appoints Cabiotec S.R.L. as distributor for Italy Anglia Circuits invests again in the latest technology Gould positions TCR resistor foil for mainstream PCB market; HMS's ComPlate attracts great interest Kevin Lam joins Tyco as Western Regional Sales Engineer Local presence for DDi in the Nordic Region Manufacturing and banking industries to lead U.S. IT spending in 2004, IDC report reveals MAXtreme 6 launched from NVIDIA Pro-mation launches new web site Resco to exhibit at IPC Expo SEICA to unveil new products at IPC/Apex 2004 Yu invites foreigners to work in Taiwan ACS receives patent for TruCure Systems. Agile reports Q3 - Record revenues Asustek likely to land OEM notebook orders from IBM Brad Bennett comments on changes in Europe Century invest in Lloyd Doyle AOT CheckSum expands product line CIMTEK announces ISO 9001:2000 certification Dynatech Technology to distribute Aegis software Foxconn to start volume production of its first ODM handset in March Profits, not sales key to flat-panel sector: insiders SMTA lead-free workshop Unitech to begin large-size TFT-LCD PCB production in 2Q Unitech to expand into handset production in China ACS Technologies Inc., receives patent for TruCure Systems. APEX Show Diary - day one Asymtek’s Wesley W. Walters promoted to Business Development Manager Cookson announces financial highlights Dage offer free use of a XiDAT X-Ray system for a year Formation of Valor Denmark Joint Venture Foxconn expands VGA card production, but denies taking control of any motherboard makers Indium and Motorola receive Soldertec Global Awards Intelicoat names Bestrade Ltd Thailand distributor IPC honors best papers IPC recognizes Valor’s commitment to data transfer standard JUKI increases throughput with multi-nozzle vision centering KIC Announces KIC 24/7 Remote Process Monitoring (RPM) Option Mania stand review – booth 2213 March Introduce AP-1000 Merix Corporation to present Motorola Labs and Compeq announce licensing agreement Rite Track announces multiple 90-SE track order for major Asian fab Valor wins its largest order ever from Jabil YESTech wins AOI contract with Zentech Manufacturing APEX show diary – Day three APEX show diary – Day two Asymtek launches new high-speed DispenseJet® DJ-9000 jet BP Microsystems Launches New Website DEK Stand review – Booth 1215 Dominique Numakura’s Newsletter from Japan E/CIT Program Fills Industry Need for Embedded Passives R&D FlexLink Adds New Publications to Online Technical Library FlexLink announces expansion, Moves U.S. HQ Henkel Technologies enhances Multicore technical support team IT companies help create supply-chain management service Juki introduce flexible placement machine March Plasma expand globally MIMOT Dip-Flux Feeder for flip chip fluxing, assembly at APEX MIMOT Launches ‘Triple Intelligent’ Triligent feeder system for pick and place NVIDIA adopts TSMC's technology NVIDIA unveils Quadro FX Go1000 PCB 2800 System from March Plasma PDR Launches Upgradeable Rework System Offering Low Cost BGA Repair Production Solutions announces $250 give-away Siemens Dematic Stand Review – booth 1023 Sparton receives award Tecnomatix introduces eM-Library Expert Tecnomatix launches advanced design-for-manufacturing solution TTM announces expansion of Chippewa Falls facility Two Dimensions good Universal commended for contribution to leading edge assembly research Universal consolidates line optimization software onto two modules Viscom’s X7055 combines AOI/AXI with 4M Megapixel camera technology for maximum throughput Aqueous Technologies receives VISION award Assembléon and Tecnomatix extend collaboration agreement IPC recognizes Valor`s commitment to data transfer standard PCB 2800 System from March Plasma SPEA and Tecnomatix team up TFS acquires employees and customers of Integrex Corporation Trek expands operation with Unique alliance Tyco Electronics receives VISION award