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LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES - Electronics
manufacturing services provider IMI has
achieved registration to the ISO/TS 16949:2002 quality standard, the highest
international quality standard for the automotive industry. The company said it
will increase its pursuit of automotive business.
In a press release, president and CEO Arthur R. Tan said, "Our ISO/TS
16949 certification ... improves our competitiveness in the automotive electronics
market segment, which is anticipated by analysts to offer tremendous outsourcing
opportunities in the coming years."
"The road has been paved for our increased presence in the automotive
market and expanded business with our existing automotive electronics OEM
customers."
IMI was certified in 2000 to QS 9000, the American automotive industry's
quality standard.
ISO/TS
16949 is an international quality management system certification that
harmonizes existing American, German, French, and Italian automotive standards
into a single standard, eliminating the need for multiple certifications. It
was developed by the International Automotive Task Force, which represents
major automotive manufacturers in the world, in collaboration with the
International Standards Organization.
ST. LOUIS -- Viasystems Group, once the largest PCB maker in North America, will shutter its remaining circuit board plants outside Asia while adding even more capacity in China.
The company will spend $60 million toward expanding its China operations. These funds will primarily be used to further expand its Chinese PCB production capabilities and enhance its technological capabilities.
FRAMINGHAM, MA - Worldwide factory sales of servers grew 5.1% to $14.4 billion in the fourth quarter, the seventh consecutive quarter of growth, according to research firm IDC.
Unit shipments slowed 15.7% year-on-year, IDC said.
For the year, worldwide server revenue grew 6.2% to $49 billion, while worldwide unit shipments grew 19.3% to 6.3 million units.
Meanwhile, a competing research firm, Gartner Group, pegged server growth at 7.2%, at $49.5 billion in 2004.
IBM led the overall server market in 2004 with 33.3 percent revenue share, followed by HP with 26.6 percent share, said IDC. Sun, Dell and Fujitsu/Fujitsu-Siemens round out the top five.
For the quarter, sales of volume servers (servers priced less than $25,000) rose, IDC said, the only segment to do so. Midrange and high-end enterprise servers fell, reflecting lower unit shipments and pricing pressures.
The volume servers lead in both revenue and unit shipment growth, demonstrating the impact these systems are having on the worldwide server marketplace.
Unix server unit shipments grew, with IBM retaking the lead worldwide, with a 36.3%. HP is no. 2 (27.6%), followed by Sun (25.3%). Linux server revenue grew 35.6% year-on-year, while unit shipments were up 29.1%.
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