ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics' fourth-quarter profit rose 15% to $28.3 million over the same period last year. The EMS provider's sales were up 18% to $737.3 million.
LITTLETON, MA - VJ Electronix has acquired Precision Manufacturing Tools, a manufacturer of Pb-free-capable rework systems for area array CSP and discrete components. Terms were not disclosed VJ Electronix will move manufacturing, primary engineering and customer support for Seabrook, NH-based Precision’s PMT-800 and PMT-400 product lines to its Littleton, MA, facility.
LOS ALTOS, CA – Chinese vehicle production is estimated to have risen 12.1% during 2006, according to analyst Henderson Ventures' latest forecast summary.
The research group says world unit vehicle sales rose 4.4% last year, after a 5.2% gain in 2005. Unit production of cars and light trucks is expected to be up 2.9% in 2007, in part as a result of higher-end vehicles with electronic modules.
The research group says world unit vehicle sales rose 4.4% last year, after a 5.2% gain in 2005. Unit production of cars and light trucks is expected to be up 2.9% in 2007, in part as a result of higher-end vehicles with electronic modules.
ATLANTA -- The first revision of IPC-7525, “Stencil Design Guidelines” was circulated for vote in February, and could be published shortly. Among the proposed changes: Refined aperture configurations and area ratios, and new guidelines for printing adhesives.
For its latest revision, the task group behind IPC-SM-840D, “Qualification and Performance of Permanent Solder Mask,” focused on terminology, consolidation, the Pb-free dilemma and test methods.
In a recent interview with Circuits Assembly, longtime task group chair Dave Vaughan, marketing manager, Taiyo America, noted that revision D began simultaneously with the Solder Mask Handbook. In fact, it began with the term “solder mask” itself.
NANTOU, TAIWAN -- Universal Scientific, the second largest EMS provider in Taiwan, reported December revenues of NT$4,974 million, up 1% sequentially but down 5% year-over-year.
For the year ended Dec. 31, the EMS company reported sales of NT$ 53,209 million, up 2% year-over-year.
For the year ended Dec. 31, the EMS company reported sales of NT$ 53,209 million, up 2% year-over-year.
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