Search Archives   Archive July 2004 A revolution in X-ray inspection AkroMetrix announces first CoolMoire orders AVX receives Corporate Environmental Achievement Award Endicott Interconnect installs FlyingScorpion Circuit Board Assembly Test System Foreign EMS and ODM companies continue growing Kevin Wang, analyst for iSuppli Corp Jerry Kalov receives CEA's lifetime achievement award Merix reports Q4 and FY 2004 Park Electrochemical reports Q1 results Siemens Dematic forms a consortium for the advancement of electronic manufacturing education (CAEME) SMTC announces appointment of CFO Solectron sells Its 63% ownership in U.S. Robotics Sypris completes purchase of Dana Plant in Toluca, Mexico Sypris lowers earnings forecast for 2004 Bill Gates says China is the future for research Compal Electronics expects June revenues to grow 20% on month with increased shipments to HP DEK signs new distributor in Ireland Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Fujitsu Siemens Computers to use NVIDIA grahics Fujitsu Siemens Computers to use NVIDIA grahics GE Commercial Finance, Global Electronics Solutions appoints Roger Innes President and CEO Indium Pb-Free QuickStart seminar series schedules next event International activities for National Physical Laboratory Magna Steyr deploys Agile solution globally Motorola plans to strengthen broadband facilities in Taiwan Nanya PCB drops flip-chip substrate prices for Intel National Physical Laboratory announces new report PCB production rises despite rising prices and power outage Plasma Etch appoints new rep in Korea Sanmina-SCI and Agilent Technologies develop new X-Ray technique for inspecting complex multilayer backplane assemblies SMTEK increases credit facility to $15 Million Strong Q2 for Production Solutions Universal shows fastest platform based placement machine Vitech International b.v. and PCB equipment.com announce their merger into one global company Asustek profit margins remain high on ramping of own-brand products Benchmark Electronics expects to meet or exceed Q2 analysts' consensus Circatex - new business, new strategy, new logo, but the name stays the same! Digital camera production forecast to rise 20% European Semiconductor market accelerates further in May Interplex expands facility in Bangalore New Advantis placement machine from Universal Universal Instruments adds on-line wafer expander option Asustek Computer to set up second China production base in Shanghai Compal June revenues jump 121% on year Dirty Dozen of cleanroom garments published. Energy woes plague Shanghai Intelicoat awarded ISO 9001:2000 Motorola places more ODM orders with Chi Mei and Compal Communications for 2H Optoelectronics is No. 1, says report Soldertec Global requests applications and nominations for 2004 Lead-free Solder Awards TRACE32 extends it's Symbian OS awareness Camtek report preliminary information on Q2 China handset exports up 57.7% in volume and 103.8% in value CirTran awarded new military contracts Cobar Solder Products fills warehouse Cyber Technologies' measurement sensor unaffected by shiny, wet, reflective surfaces Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Firan Technology Group Corporation appoints Collin Latchman to General Manager of FTG Aerospace FlexLink Systems appoints Nino DiPietro VP Finance Novellus Systems to host advanced copper interconnect symposium at Semicon West 2004 NVIDIA graphics solutions selected for HP workstations Printed Wiring Technologies purchases Viking test system Russia - emerging market of growth Three high school students granted IPC scholarships Vivato signs Servatron to build next generation Wi-Fi base stations CirTran Manufactured Product Presented by Harley-Davidson Dealers at Industry Show Consumer electronics drives up PCB demand Foreign EMS and ODM companies continue growing Kevin Wang, iSuppli Integrated Performance Systems announces conference call to discuss strategic acquisition of Lone Star Circuits Nam Tai achieve new monthly sales record of $54.6 Million in June RFid in the Vatican SMTA International offers free events Taiwan's southern park forecast to create 1,000 jobs a month Valor receives IPC's special recognition award Applied Materials releases breakthrough Gap-Fill technology with Applied Producer HARP System AVX Corporation announces expectations for the quarter BI Technologies releases Power Factor Corrector Evaluation Board IBM to build development center in Taiwan Indium hires new Marketing Director in Europe Jurong incorporates subsidiary In Tianjin, People's Republic Of China LPKF and BASF sign know-how and licensing agreement New pump technology from Contax PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing to set up LCM plant in China Rohm and Haas announces Q2 release date and conference call Sintecs adopts Valor's Enterprise 3000 DFM Verification Solution TFI's Global Pricing Workshop - excellent information, well presented Philip A Stoten, EMSNow TTM Technologies Inc. to conduct Q2 conference call on July 29 Tyco Electronics announces P350 pin inserter Under the radar, Tier-Two ODM Webinar Vitronics Soltec announces 3rd annual European seminar tour Wistron and Hewlett-Packard agree to notebook deal Agilent announces Computing and Communications Convergence Roadshow CirTran opens Asia headquarters for CirTran-Asia Division Indian offshoring not a threat to engineering and R&D services players in Western Europe - for now, says IDC Sigurd expands customer base by switching to Teradyne's FLEX Taiwan's exports to Europe increase a significant amount Universal opens Brazil office Amsterdam Conference on Lead-free Electronics- A Euro Winner! ASAT Holdings to provide stacked die LPCC technology to Integrant Technologies Camtek discontinues plans for secondary ofering Circast investing in new equipment. ECA order index continues upward Hon Hai to increase investment in Innolux IDC addresses RFID realities Joe Renda appointed OEM Marketing Manager, Enthone PCB Chemistry PCB and flexible PCB makers enjoy revenue growth in 1H Quanta may move 1,500 jobs SigmaTron International, Inc. reports year end results SMTA Medical Electronics Symposium is a great success Speedline Technologies present free technical webcast seminar Taiwan High Tech.Com Visiprise named 'Hottest Company' by Start Magazine Agile CEO Bryan Stolle to speak at Dallas Metroplex Technology Business Council event Agilent Technologies' introduces new measuring receiver Compal joins in relocation drive to reduce costs Enthone Appoints Aaron Storms Managing Director of Latin America Feinfocus launches new website Foveon selects Teradyne IP750 Indium announces new agent in New England Intel Q2 revenue $8.05 Billion - EPS is 27 Cents Pickering Interfaces introduces RF matrix Plotech begins mass production of HDI PCBs Premier Image lands order for DLP projectors from Dell Production Solutions appoints Protec Sales and new rep Quanta unlikely to reach 3Q shipment target due to decreasing iMac orders Rohm and Haas exec speaks at Goldman Sachs Electronics materials Investor Forum Sanmina-SCI's InfiniBand® cable solution a success at recent 'Plugfest' event Transition Automation's Board-Lok Tooling improves printing quality and reliability Cisco announces changes to technology organization Digitaltest provides Eastern European support FCI signs Amphenol as second source for AirMax VS connector system Integrated Performance Systems, Inc. Announces Large Defense Order and Substantial Increase in Backlog iSuppli hikes PLD, ASIC forecasts for 2004 Minute components fall under the Electrolube spotlight Motorola to postpone order of MPx smartphone, sources say Nortech Systems acquires assets of Zachariah and Lundbergh, Inc. Quadris(TM) from Universal Instruments Taiflex Scientific to volume produce polarizer components next month Taiwan forecast to become No. 2 DVD recorder supplier Tecnomatix ranked among top ten suppliers by MSI Magazine ASAT receives advanced packaging award for TAPP technology ATExpo conference to feature more than 30 industry developed sessions Austrian Datacon Technology AG set for further strong growth in FY 2005 Dage & Altus forge strategic partnership Datacon launches new high-speed flip chip bonder Enthone Introduces ENVISION(R) HDI Direct Metallization for High Density Interconnect applications Excellon Automation announces the formation of a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise in China. Flextronics to announce Q1 results on July 19 Frost & Sullivan honors Teradyne for Customer Value Enhancement in the PCB Market IMS' Low Pass Filter a 'Drop In' SMT Solution for Microwave Design Engineers SEI introduces short lead time wirewound resistor program SMTA International to offer real-time, online lead-free symposium The brave new world of silicon manufacturing Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Experts differ on contract manufacturing First Data executive Pamela Patsley joins TI board of directors IMS introduces new thick film low pass filter Philip Morris International selects Agile as global packaging solution phoenix|x-ray introduces automated software inspection modules Removing China's semiconductor tax will have limited impact To save power during shortage, Beijing companies are ordered to give vacations CirTran obtains $20 Million in equity financing Coretec Inc. announces the appointment of Jeffrey Canavor as Vice President, Marketing and Sales DDi Corp. to present at RBC Capital Markets North American Technology Conference DDi Europe introduces even quicker service Elcoteq to Build a New Plant in St. Petersburg, Russia Envisage Systems launches new on-line x-ray and inspection system Flextronics announces Q1 results Hon Hai breaks ground on R&D center Kester introduces Lead-Free Connection newsletter Mania closes Q2 2004 positively Pro-Mation wins industry award for reflow equipment Siemens Dematic and Rochester Institute of Technology are providing comprehensive SMT process training The Asia/Pacific PC market steamed ahead in 2Q 2004 Wherify selects Flextronics to develop and manufacture next generation CDMA GPS locator phone Agilent Technologies offers industry's deepest-memory oscilloscopes Aqueous Technologies receives awards Asymtek introduces new dispensing system CirTran says Q2 revenue to exceed $1.9 Million Fabrinet signs agreement with Opnext GlobalSpec recognized with 2004 Model of Excellence Indium introduces Die Attach Solder Wire Jetting solder ball reinforcement from Asymtek Precision Communication Services joins Venture Outsource's program Sanmina-SCI announces Q3 results - sales and income up Steady growth ahead for ODMs, say iSuppli Teradyne announces Q2 results USPCA Update Amkor to acquire Unitive AVX Corporation declares dividend CirTran receives orders to manufacture ABKING PRO for Wal-Mart, Canada Dell, HP step up PC cooler orders to Taiwan Dr George Waters to keynote DisplayForum 2004 Henkel Technologies unveils new corporate identity Plexus announces Q3 revenue of $275 Million The PC Motherboard Industry: manufacturing musical chairs TSMC business is 'as good as it gets' Altek: Kodak DSC ODM orders not shifted to Funai Benchmark Electronics reports record sales and record earnings for Q2 BTU International announces $1.7 Million order from Jurong Celestica announces Q2 results Flash memory webinar from iSuppli Flextronics announces pricing of public stock offering of approximately 24 Million ordinary shares Handset PCB maker Unitech pushes up 2004 shipment forecast Nortech Systems reports Q2 results Online registration for EPC2004 now available Sanmina Corp. to close Mass. plant, says report - Move will cut 490 employees SMTC Corporation schedules Q2 results SQI appointed sole U.S. distributor of Topsil Float Zone silicon products. Universal Instruments appoints new President Zestron America expands applications technology departmentBP Microsystems hires new distributor in China CBI Director General visits Graphic Plc DEK develops new wafer coating process Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Eight of 10 DVD players produced in China Kester introduces Lead-Free Connection Newsletter Mentor Graphics announces Q2 results Microsoft announces scheme to pay US$75b to shareholders Milara receives top-rated industry vision award for third consecutive time New advanced semiconductor packaging material from Henkel Notebook PCB makers expect shipments to increase by 20% in 3Q Only 2 years to go lead-free! OnScreen Technologies, Inc. announces completion of phase II design with Solectron SMT Resource Updates Web Site Taiwan digital still makers unlikely to receive OEM orders from Fuji, Konica Minolta and Panasonic this year Acer says China's cool-off measures are hurting sales Agilent announces network security seminars Casio and Olympus the only Japan DSC brands to place OEM orders with Taiwan this year Cookson Group PLC interim report to shareholders Han Raetsen joins Cobar Europe as Customer Support Manager HP to order two DSC models from Taiwan using open online RFQ Michael O'Donoghue named as new IMAPS Executive Director NVIDIA mobile GPU selected for new Toshiba line Rohm and Haas declares quarterly dividend Speedline Technologies to showcase new product features at GlobalTRONICS 2004 Transforming GlobalTRONICS to meet industry's demand TSMC may post solid earnings TSMC share sale is suspended TTM Technologies, Inc. to present at the RBC Capital Markets 2004 North American Technology Conference Universal shows its fastest platform based placement machine Agilent presented with 2004 Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award Annual GlobalSpec survey shows U.S tech recovery Arrow Electronics completes acquisition of Disway AG CirTran receives first cable order from USAF CyberOptics reports higher Q2 sales and earnings Datacon wins Advanced Packaging Award 2004 for 8800 FC Quantum Embedded Systems Conference returns to San Francisco in 2005 - electronicaUSA Discontinued HP's latest iPaq manufactured by Compal, say sources Indium introduces new Interconnect Flux Matsushita cuts production cost in mainland China Mentor appoints Adrian Buckley Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. Q2 results conference call on the web Palomar Technologies wins 2004 Advanced Packaging Award Pemstar reports Q1 results Pickering Interfaces PXImate Third Edition Sanmina-SCI transparent interconnect process enables ATCA compatible backplanes to operate at 6.25 Gb/s Taiwan handset PCB makers looking for orders beyond Nokia 2004 SMTA Hutchins Grant award recipient announced ASL announces software release for Series 5000 eye tracking system AT&S continues to grow after record quarter Cimnet to present MES and DNC software at IMTS FlexLink launches 30/30 challenge Free technical semiconductor manufacturing process webcast seminar... ICOS reports Q2 results IIT develops new in-house Laser cutting system IPC book-to-bill ratios and business report for June 2004 iSuppli boosts mobile phone forecast Read Polyonics August 2004 issue of Label Interfaces Newsletter Rohm and Haas reports Q2 results UMC's Q2 earnings quadruple Ya Hsin Industrial to double PlayStation-use PCB capacity at China plant YESTech Introduces YTV-1000 tabletop AOI system Agilent receives VXI Market Leadership Award BTU International reports Q2 results Camtek buy rating in initiating coverage by Dutton & Associates DDi Corp. reports net sales increase of 34% for Q2 EMSNow and Technology Forecasters offer Quarterly Forum special Free 'Lead-Free Reflow Soldering' webinar HannStar Board plans to issue US$30 million ECB to fund new flexible PCB unit IEC announces restructuring and Q3 results IEC Electronics Corp. seeks delisting from Berlin Stock Exchange Pro-Mation awarded automation contract Sypris reports 36% increase in Q2 revenue Taiwan High Tech.Com Tecnomatix announces second quarter 2004 results TSMC announce record setting Q2 TTM Technologies, Inc. reports increased revenues and earnings in Q2 Vanguard EMS announces full lead-free manufacturing capability