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PORTLAND, ME – iNEMI is holding mid-year 2011 roadmap workshops in North America, Asia and Europe to provide an advanced look at the roadmap and to receive feedback.
The first workshop will be held June 1 at Bally’s Hotel in Las Vegas. This workshop will discuss all of the Technology Working Group chapters. For more information, visit www.inemi.org/cms/calendar/2011_RM_NA_Workshop.html.
The second workshop will be held June 8 in Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Visit www.inemi.org/cms/calendar/2011_RM_Asia_Workshop.html for more information.
Finally, a workshop will be held June 16 in Leuven, Belgium at Imec headquarters. See www.inemi.org/cms/calendar/2011_RM_Euro_Workshop.html or more information.
LAS VEGAS -- The National Electronics Distributors Association and Electronic Components Association have announced an agreement to merge.
ARLINGTON, VA -- Electronic component orders kept rising in April as demand increased in almost every end-product segment, from automotive to cellphones to computers, according to the monthly order index compiled by the Electronic Components Association.
CORK, IRELAND -- An Irish research lab is teaming with a major materials maker to develop a material that is reportedly simultaneously semiconducting and transparent.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Nortech Systems has acquired all the intellectual property and assets of Trivirix Corp., a maker of diagnostic medical devices.
DUSSELDORF, GERMANY – In the first quarter of 2010, Henkel generated sales of 3.5 billion euros, up 7.8% year-over-year.
Net income was 266 million euros, up 119.8% year-over-year. Operating profit increased 93.3% to 422 million euros compared to last year.
Adjusted operating profit improved 79.1%. The company took restructuring charges of 31 million euros and recorded one-time gains of 32 million euros.
The firm’s Adhesive Technologies unit reported sales of 1.7 billion euros, up 12.4% year-over-year. The sector posted double-digit organic growth of 14.5%. This is attributed to substantial volume increases.
“Now we are looking forward to a noticeable improvement in our results of more than 15% for the full fiscal year versus 2009,” said Kasper Rorsted, chairman of the Henkel management board.
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BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY – Top 40 EMS firm Kitron reported first-quarter revenue fell 25.4% to NOK 411.1 million. Lower demand for defense (down 25.5%) and marine (81.5%) products were partially offset by higher demand for data/telecom, industrial (up 8%) and medical (up 21.9%).
JASPER, IN – Kimball International today reported net sales of $282.3 million and net income of $6.3 million for its fiscal third quarter ended March 31.
Sales for the quarter were up 5% year-over-year, while net earnings were up 54%.
SHENZHEN – First-quarter DRAM revenue grew 6.9% sequentially to $9.3 billion, and higher demand is fueling shortage fears, says DRAMeXchange.
Market leader Samsung recorded $3 billion in revenue, up 9.1% sequentially. Samsung’s share slightly increased 0.6% to 32.3%. Hynix’s DRAM sales rose 6.8% to nearly $2 billion, followed by Elpida at $1.6 billion, down 3.7% sequentially.
Benefitting from price and a 17% sequential shipment enhancement, Micron recorded $1.3 billion in revenue, up 24% compared to the fourth quarter.
PSC’s revenue grew 8.3% to $442 million. PSC surpassed Nanya for the No.5 spot. Nanya recorded $425 million in revenue, down 14.4% sequentially.
Winbond announced first-quarter DRAM revenue of $174 million, up 4.8% sequentially, while ProMOS’s revenue grew 37.4%.
Korean vendors’ share increase 0.8% to 54.6%. Japanese vendors’ share declined 1.9% to 17.7%, and American vendors’ share increased 2% to 14.3%, given better-than-average sales growth. Taiwanese vendors’ share was down 0.9% to 13.4% as a result of Nanya’s revenue decline.
MANASSAS, VA – Cleaning materials supplier Zestron reported first-quarter sales were up more than 10% year-over-year on higher demand in North America and Asia.
The company, which is privately held, did not report its sales figures.
“Even though the economy has been slow to recover, we have had an exceptional first quarter,” said Zestron Worldwide president Dr. Harald Wack. “The careful investments we are making in building a globally linked corporate infrastructure, as well as our innovative product technologies, are obviously meeting our customers’ demands. Looking ahead, we are extremely optimistic and excited about further expansion.”
“We are particularly pleased about the rate at which we are adding new customers,” said sales and marketing manager Michael McCutcheon. “By delivering superior technical support, we are well-positioned to further expand our large customer base well into the future.”
