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The business units will have dedicated customer accounts and operations, and supply chain management.
Anssi Korhonen is president, Personal Communications, Vesa Keränen is president, Home Communications, and Tommi Pettersson is president, Communications Networks.
Joining them on Elcoteq’s management team are president and CEO Jouni Hartikainen, COO and deputy CEO Jukka Jäämaa, and CFO Mikko Puolakka;
The company had announced in October it would change its business structure in order to streamline its operations.
NEW YORK -- Printed electronics hold the potential to be a game-changer in a wide variety of end markets, according to a new study from ABI Research. Innovative printing techniques have the capability to facilitate high volume, low cost manufacturing of electronics components, which will enable new applications that were not previously addressable with traditional electronics manufacturing techniques. While this market is currently in its infancy, ABI forecasts that printed electronics will see very high growth rates through 2012 and beyond.
“For many end markets the first products are becoming commercially available now, and market realization will be dictated by fulfillment of the promise of printing capabilities at a very low price point,“ says research director Michael Liard. “It will take some time before printing and cost are optimized and this will certainly vary from market segment to market segment in terms of what customers will accept.”
The study presents a detailed assessment of the state of the printed electronics landscape today, with market opportunity analysis across the optoelectronics, large area electronics and power generation/management sectors to assess drivers, barriers, key applications, materials and technologies, manufacturing and key industry competition. Within these sectors, ABI Research has further segmented the market applications for printed electronics as follows: displays, solid state lighting, electronic paper and displays, transistors, integrated circuits, batteries, and photovoltaics.
The greatest market penetration by printing technologies to date has been in displays and lighting for portable electronics. Many of the technologies under development are not quite ready for prime time yet and initial applications are targeting niche markets.
“The most interesting applications involve leveraging printing for entirely new applications, especially those that can provide added value through needed functionality, industry cost savings, security and resource conservation,” notes Liard. “There has been public, government and financial investment interest in developing alternative energy solutions. Applying printing technologies to solar cell manufacturing, for example, can result in better, more efficient materials utilization and manufacturing for greater return on energy investment and capital expenditure.”
Teradyne will pay about $325 million, and closing is expected in the March quarter, pending Nextest shareholder and antitrust approvals.
The deal is expected to close by Feb. 1.
Judson had 2006 sales of $13.8 million.
TOKYO -- Panasonic Electronic Devices Co. will consolidate its eight subsidiaries in Japan and establish Panasonic Electronic Devices Japan Co. on April 1, the company announced today.
Panasonic Electronic Devices has several subsidiaries, each managed autonomously. The new structure will enable the group to take advantage of the strengths of each subsidiary, including "black-box" technologies and manufacturing skills.
In an SEC filing, the EMS firm said it expects to lose 10 to 12 cents per share this year, compared with previous guidance of a 5 cent loss or flat earnings.
The company forecast 2007 revenue of $425 million to $430 million, compared with previous guidance of $435 million to $440 million.
For 2008, Sypris expects to return to profitability on revenue of $460 million to $480 million.
The three-month average of worldwide bookings was about 2% less than October and about 19% less than last year.
The three-month average of worldwide billings was $1.39 billion, about 6% less than October and down about 6% year-over-year.
"November orders are 19% below one year ago, and at levels last reported in late 2005,” said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. “Semiconductor manufacturers have added a tremendous amount of 300-mm capacity over the past year. This, combined with the overall booking trends, indicates that investments will slow in the near-term, which is consistent with concerns about the economy as a whole.”
