Search Archives  Archive January 2005 Nortel and its employees pledge Red Cross and UNICEF donations to support disaster relief PCB maker Chant World aiming to turn profitable in 2005 Tadco appoints CCI Eurolam as European distributor Taiwan seen as world leader in chip foundries by 2006 Ten Resolutions from Intel for a Mobile 2005 Acer to halve non-core business investments to NT$10-15 billion in 2-3 years Arrow Electronics announces Asian relief assistance ASAT Holdings Limited to present at Needham Growth Conference Cellular modem market booms in 2004, fast growth to continue through 2009 FEINFOCUS completes 2004 global technical seminar series Handset-PCB makers report sequential drop in December shipments LEADOUT hands-on PPM monitoring and benchmarking training at TWI Micro-Lite FL-1000 and FV-1000 ring lights now feature full spectrum lighting (FSL) NEMI becomes iNEMI New Model 1550 stencil cleaner to showcase low power density ultrasonics Thinflex predicts further drop in FPC prices of around 5% in 2005   CPT to set up PDP joint venture with TSMC and Quanta, sources say Foxconn's handset division to list on SEHK in February, sources say Gloomy outlook for LCD makers IDC predicts double digit growth in ICT spending in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) in 2005 and acceleration in industry consolidation IPC's Government Relations Steering Committee made stronger with addition of two industry leaders Kester awarded patent for encapsulant technology for flip chip attach Park Electrochemical announces appointment of Howard R. Elliott as President of Park's Neltec, Inc. business unit Pb-Free seminar sponsored by Indium Corporation Taiwan's DVD recorder makers compete for bid on Wal-Mart order Tatung begins marketing own-brand notebooks Teradyne to announce Q4 and FY 2004 results   AP Machinery to hold tender sale BenQ lands CDMA order from Kyocera CEA reports consumer electronics sales jump 11% in 2004 and 2005 sales projected to grow 11% China foundry Hejian Technology seen running at full capacity Compal Communications achieves record handset shipments in 2004 DEK and Kester to present lead-free seminar in Costa Rica GDA Technologies announces successful inclusion on the PCI Express Integrators List Henkel announces grand opening of multimillion-dollar research center Henkel donates $1.35 million in aid of flood victims ICOS Vision Systems announces preliminary Q4 results iSuppli offers roadmap to the future of silicon demand JPSA Laser announces UV Laser Micro-machining for Medical Device Manufacturing LPKF introduces the new ProtoLaser(TM) 100 laser structuring system Metal squeegees from Permalex SGI honors Solectron with 2004 outstanding supplier award Suntron announces 77,000 square foot expansion in Tijuana, Mexico The semiconductor market growth remains healthy in November TMT Trading signs distributor agreement Winland Electronics, Inc. announces initiative to enhance engineering services offering   Acer set to double PC sales Benchmark reaffirms Q4 view BenQ's December consolidated revenues down 17.7% from November Compal shipped 7.7 million notebooks in 2004 Dover announces Q4 2004 earnings release and webcast Former Hynix CEO joins iSuppli HK Kingboard Secures 95.26% Of Elec & Eltek Indium Corporation to exhibit at IPC/APEX JPSA Laser announces UV laser micro-machining for medical device manufacturing Juki Automation Systems appoints Bob Black President and CEO KIC announces marriage of key technologies Logitech expands mouse manufacturing facility M-Flex announces changes to its Board of Directors New UV-cure encapsulants from Henkel NVIDIA introduces GeForce Go 6 series Resolution Performance Products LLC announces price increases Taconic names new leader for Advanced Dielectric Division Tainan Science Park to add 'panel zone' Tapco signs letter of intent to purchase EIS Circuit Supply Technology Forecasters, Inc. appoints Director of Client Services Tecnomatix agrees to be acquired by UGS for $228 million or $17 per share Agile optimizes worldwide product design for Three-Five Systems Assembléon installs ACM pick and place machine at Auburn University Celestica receives award from Cisco Systems Design Chain Associates to present at RoHS/Lead-Free Summit Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan European Institute of Printed Circuits (EIPC) Summer Conference 2005 announced and call for papers Handset orders from Panasonic expected to drive shipment growth for Quanta in 2005 Interplex launches Interplex Medical Inventec and Wistron both report on year revenues growth for December Lite-On Technology's december revenues down 2.5% from November Merix Corporation to present at the 7th annual Needham Growth Conference Mothballed Tyco plant to open at last, says report MYDATA announces MYLabel 3.0 New representatives for DiagnoSYS Systems Park Electrochemical announces new Product Director Regular update on PCB development issues from Invint limited Bill Matthews - MD, Invint Limited. Samtec named DesignVision award finalist StrataFlex increases capacity with OEM Vacuum Press Technical Program finalized for Conference on Ceramic Interconnect and Ceramic Microsystems Technologies (CICMT) XAAR and Invint sign agreement to pool resources in printable electronics Advanced Circuits enters new era Agilent Technologies introduces fading test capabilities Benchmark Electronics to Add Asian Systems Integration Capacity BenQ likely to get China handset sales license in 2005 DDi Corp. to Present at the Needham & Company 7th Annual Growth Conference Foxconn taking over ODD production lines, R&D staff from BTC IPC's third annual Sacramento say to tackle high cost of doing business in California Kitemark for Jaltek Systems Lenovo to increase orders Lite-On releases 2005 goals for handsets Mike Wallace appointed VP of Business Development at TeligentEMS Milara to highlight SemiTouch - a semiautomatic stencil/screen printer at APEX MYDATA develops MYPlan Nam Tai exceeds Q4 sales guidance with two new records PCB maker Yeti Electronics schedules to add HDI equipment this year Phenomenal 2005 International CES reflects strength of digital revolution Quanta shipped 11.1 million notebooks in 2004 Spirit and Spemco share stand at Electronica show Spirit Circuits celebrates 1st birthday The New HYDRA Speedmount 21k ER Three-Five Systems to Participate in the Seventh Annual Needham Growth Conference   Camtek's parent company consummates private offering to Israeli investors CirTran retains The Kaminer Group for PR, Marketing and IR Support Common bonds in the industry John Constantine - Elite Industrial Group ECA monthly order index stabilizes in December FCI expands direct sales force Fresno Valves to improve order response times with RuleStream Indium's Dr. Lee and Dr. Lasky to present at APEX Intel announces record quarterly and annual revenue iSuppli analyst forms school technology charity iSuppli announces Digital Signage Webinar LaBarge, Inc. expects Q2 results to exceed guidance Plexus to release Q1 results Sanmina-SCI Corporation invites you to Q1 conference call Sypris lowers earnings outlook Thales Nederland selects InPlan engineering planning system from Orbotech   Closing date for JPCA show exhibitor applications announced Foxconn denies taking up shares of financially troubled Abit Foxconn profit could rise by 26 percent FPCB facing potential price pressure on increasing capacity among makers PC sales growth to moderates in 2005 Joe d’Elia, iSuppli PCB makers Tripod and HannStar Board to enjoy positive growth in 1Q SMART Group 7th annual Lead-Free Seminar & Table-Top Exhibition Stokes Research Institute releases guide to evaluating thermal analysis software TAIEX closes lower following losses by chip manufacturers The New HYDRA Speedmount 21k ER by MYDATA Venture Outsource's President appointed to Fogbreak advisory board Asustek to boost desktop sales in Asia Pacific, using BTO process DesignCon Tech Exhibition will showcase latest electronic-design tools Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Express Circuits manufactures 0.3mm Pitch BGA Load Board Handset-PCB shipments in 1Q expected to drop sequentially Japan retains lead in consumer semiconductor market Manufacturing industry veteran Dr. Koichi Nishimura joins Fortinet PCB maker Vertex Precision to list on HK stock exchange market Pro-mation adds new feature to web site Sanmina-SCI lays off about 85, says Press & Sun-Bulletin report Solectron announces registered exchange offer for its outstanding 0.50% convertible senior notes due 2034 Taiwan makers receive Apple's Mac mini and iPod shuffle orders Taiwanese players on the rise in Japan Team NVIDIA enters British Superbike Championship    Bell Microproducts announces Tsunami relief program BenQ resumes OEM production of DVD drives for Pioneer CirTran cites new consumer manufacturing business for 'dramatic increases' in Q4 and 2004 year-end results ECWC/Technical conference Fire destroys Jackson County factory, says report First-tier PCB makers conservative about price drop Government leaders, public policy and environmental efforts take center stage on day three of the 2005 International CES JPSA announces UV laser micro hole drilling services Lead-free solder paste exhibits exceptional humidity resistance Mentor reports preliminary 2004 results Motorola's orders to Taiwan handset-PCB makers expected to rise in 2005 PC vendors' challenge to monitor vendors will drive PC monitor sales in the Asia/Pacific ex-Japan region in 2005, Says IDC PCB maker Gia Tzoong: TFT-LCD panel makers validation granted in late 1Q Rogers Corp. to Introduce adhesiveless, all-polyimide (API) flexible circuit materials at IPC Sharp to outsource 12.1-inch notebooks and 56-inch RPTVs from Taiwan SMART group presents cheque to MND charity Taiwanese digital still camera shipments increase in 3Q 2004 Technology Forecasters, Inc. releases TFI's five year forecast update Three Taiwan makers eye Intel Sonoma module orders  Acer, Dell, HP to focus notebook sales effort on taking IBM market share Aspocomp's Q4 net sales and EBIT lower than forecasted CmController calibrates, corrects chip shooter offsets for higher accuracy, optimum yields Eurotech Group oders MicroCarft test systems Global notebook shipments to get a boost in February and March IDC launches Manufacturing Insights Multi-teknek takes delivery of MicroCraft system New Product Manager for DEK European distributed products Rogers Corp. and Hansung Elcomtec announce alliance Synchronized Manufacturing Technologies Taiwan allows plant shifts to mainland China Taiwan maker Protop lands OEM order for mini-DVD players from Warner Brothers Teradyne Connection Systems makes technology investments in Printed Circuit Board capabilities THT Research Newsletter TTems wins £6M defence contract Vitronics Soltec signs Partnertec as Benelux distributor Arrow Electronics expands North American franchise agreement with Panasonic Cobar Solder Products announces new flux technology Cookson presents Q4 results Dover Corporation acquires Avborne Accessory Group Inc. Hon Hai sees 30% Q1 sales hike Hsinchu Science Park reserves land for PSC, TSMC and VIS J.I.C. new factory fully operational Motorola announces record Q4 sales and earnings Only one week to go before the EIPC Winter Conference in Barcelona PC recovery continues with growth near 14% in Q4, according to IDC Sanmina-SCI Corporation revises fiscal 2005 Q1 conference call time SSTC Winter Conference concentrates on lead-free solder reliability Taiwan notebook makers continue to stake a solid industry foothold in 2005 Tecnomatix to highlight PCB and final assembly manufacturing execution capabilities at Electronic Circuits World Convention/APEX Teradyne announces Q4 results - swings back into profit TFS, Inc. awarded contract with the US GSA Federal Supply Service Tyco nominates Raj Gupta, Chairman and CEO of Rohm and Haas, for election to its Board of Directors W.M Hague to introduce new products at APEX  Acer expects surging notebook business Acer leads industry players to launch Sonoma notebook Agilent names William Sullivan as President and CEO Automotive electronics, microsystems and nanotechnology: The trend topics for componex/electronicIndia 2005 Avnet Electronics Marketing wins Smtek Supplier award BEST and partners launch lead-free electronic assembly training courses DIMA SMT Systems introduces upgrade kits Eurotech orders two Microcraft test systems FCI licenses AirMax VS technology to GORE Indium Corporation announces Silver Quill Award winners iSuppli television webinar Multilayer Technology announces upcoming exhibits New inspection system from Envisage Ralf Schnell Named New President and CEO of Siemens Venture Capital Sanmina-SCI Connex(TM) Validated to Comply With U.S. FDA Quality System Regulation State Department decision to extend visa validity for Chinese business travelers will benefit U.S. business and trade, says CEA Suntron announces its first lead free symposium Taiwan notebook makers to curtail low-price strategy, extend global dominance TFS announces design wins in the personal media player market Acer selects RiverOne software Aegis Europe appoints new distributors in UK and Ireland Agilent Technologies' products selected for 100 Hot Products of 2004 Analysts at SEMI ISS see soft landing in 2005 CIMTEK active in Canada Trade Mission in January 2005 designed to foster relationships and build on recent success Circast purchases Microjet printer Compal and Accton deny rumor of acquisition plan Elite Circuits orders Emma probe tester EMS shares may see boost from upbeat OEM view, says Forbes report Hynix regains number-two DRAM Rank in 2004 Inventec Appliances and Quanta secure handset orders from Philips IPTE announces restructuring in 'Factory Automation' division Motorola to discontinue smartphone ODM contract with Taiwan handset makers Multilayer Technology announces upcoming exhibits NEDA summit draws over 100 industry leaders to discuss RoHS NVIDIA mobile GPUs support new mobile platform pcbportal celebrates Chinese collaboration Speedline Technologies to highlight printing systems at SEMICON China 2005 Taiwan handset makers conservative about Siemens's recent handset unit reshuffle plan Taiwan PCB makers project rising orders of handset PCBs in 2005 Taiwan PCB makers under rapidly increasing cost pressures to meet environment protection regulations Universal to exhibit at Elektronik EP 2005 Agile customers including Sanmina-SCI selected as finalists for award AVX schedules Q3 conference call Dominique Numakura's Newsletter from Japan Flextronics to accelerate vesting on 14M stock options FLX2010 - the new approach to highly flexible SMD assembly Korean PCB firms target to Gain 5 Tril. Won in sales in 2005, sats report LaBarge, Inc. to broadcast its fiscal 2005 Q2 earnings conference call on the web Lead free manufacturing process challenges free webcast seminar LG and Nortel to establish joint venture Quanta aims for 30% of global market Teradyne and its employees contribute $140,000 to South Asia Relief Efforts Yuan revaluation bad for Taiwan Agile offers OnDemand PLM Small Business Startup Pack, free of charge Apple's OEM-ODM relationships Taiwan High Tech Research Arima and Lite-On both receive handset orders for 2005 Artetch appoints Production Manager CirTran wins $5.4 Million contract to manufacture the new 'Hot Dog Express' Digitaltest provides southern European support Digitaltest to exhibit at APEX 2005 Foxconn, Philips lead patent applications in Taiwan 2004 IEC announces Q1 profit for fiscal 2005 Solectron CEO to emphasize benefits of outsourcing and collaboration required for success at World Economic Forum Taiwan notebook makers decry price-cutting amid declining stock prices Third Annual Harsh Environment Electronics Workshop planned Winbond secures NT$8 billion loan Acer and Asustek should further diversify their notebook markets, sources say Agilent launches China Holding Company BenQ aims to ship 500,000 LCD TVs in 2005 CirTran's Racore subsidiary gets biggest order to date Dielectric Solutions expands management ranks Digitaltest to present products at Nepcon Shanghai Dover reports Q4 and FY 2004 results DuPont reports Q4 and FY 2004 earnings Excellon announces release of drilling machine Flat Information Displays Conference expands to China again in 2005 Flextronics posts higher Q3 earnings Integrated Performance Systems consolidates manufacturing facilities, expands metal-back and high-frequency circuit processing capacity MYDATA announces new flex feeder New flexible pick & place from Contax New Hydra tool for 0201 components means even faster throughput P.D Circuits announces new appointment Plexus reports record Q1 revenues of $287 Million Shift of end-user manufacturing bases to Asia poses challenge to European-based suppliers of high performance polyamides Synapse SE launches remote application packaging solution set Tsunami not expected to dampen growth in Asia/Pacific PC market in 1Q 2005, reports IDC Aegis Europe Appoints New Value-Added Reseller for Germany, Switzerland and Austria AVX products target applications in numerous markets China to Become Worldwide IC Market Leader in 2005 ECI Technology to exhibit products at IPC 2005 International Wafer-Level Packaging Congress - call for papers iPod Shuffle sales drive up NAND-flash prices iSuppli Webinar: The Big Markets for Small/Medium Displays January mobo shipments from Taiwan top four to drop 3% sequentially Kemet CEO Resigns Lite-On IT to rely on own-brand sales in China, car-use ODDs for profitability RFID Tag market to approach $3 billion in 2009 Rogers to showcase products at DesignCon West 2005 SEICA to exhibit at CPCA Show, Shanghai , Booth No. AS37 TSMC reports on 4Q, and outlook TSMC to raise capex for 2005 by up to 12% BP Microsystems named again on top 50 list Celestica announces Q4 and fiscal 2004 results -revenue up, loss after charges China says it had 334.82 million mobile-phone users by end of 2004 EIPC Winter Conference 2005 - technology, trends and tapas Hitachi Chemical to boost production capacity of sensitive dry films used for PCBs in China Indium Corporation introduces new wave solder flux IPC Supply Chain Tracker to make debut this Spring Kester to host lead-free RoHS Assembly Seminar in Chicago LaBarge report record results for Q2 Mentor Graphics announces Q4 results M-Flex invites the public to join its fiscal 2005 Q1 conference call MIMOT will display flagship Advantage 3 at APEX 2005 PRO-MATION introduces multi-functional magazine handling system Sanmina-SCI announces Q1 results - revenue up 9.5% Teledyne Technologies reports Q4 results TTM Technologies Inc. to conduct Q4 2004 conference call on February 8 2005 International Conference on Lead-free Electronics: CALL FOR PAPERS CTS announces exchange ratio for acquisition of SMTEK International, Inc. DesignAdvance announces the launch of CircuitSpace Kester to host lead-free RoHS assembly seminar in Bloomington, MN Nam Tai begins manufacturing new product - DAB modules for new customer RadioScape Seica and JTAG Technologies partner to provide comprehensive fixtureless test capability system SMTA Certification 2005 - locations announced Taiwan DSC makers to face increasing competition for OEM orders The semiconductor inventory correction begins THT Business Research - Weekly Newsletter TTems provides BTEC modules in drive for more skilled tradesmen Wistron group plans for comeback in 2005 after losing NT$2bn in 2004