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FRAMINGHAM, MA -- Worldwide PC shipments are expected to grow 10.5% this year, boosted by sales to the Asia-Pacific region, said research firm IDC. Meanwhile, Gartner Group forecast a 10.7% rise in shipments.
Both firms estimate PC shipments grew more than 15% last year.
Both firms estimate PC shipments grew more than 15% last year.
Mike Buetow writes about IBM's new collaborative sales, services and marketing strategy at http://circuitsassembly.com/blog/.
CHENNAI, India -- Nokia inaugurated its manufacturing facility in Sriperumbudur, Chennai, part of a planned $150 million investment in India.
Nokia began commercial production of mobile handsets at the factory on Jan. 2, and has built more than one million handsets there to-date.
Nokia began commercial production of mobile handsets at the factory on Jan. 2, and has built more than one million handsets there to-date.
PALO ALTO, CA -- Verigy Pte. Ltd., the semiconductor test subsidiary of Agilent Technologies, has filed for an initial public offering.
The filing of an S-1 Registration Statement through the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moves Agilent a step closer to spinning off its semiconductor test business (including its system-on-chip and memory test solutions) and becoming a pure-play measurement company, as the company announced last August.
The filing of an S-1 Registration Statement through the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moves Agilent a step closer to spinning off its semiconductor test business (including its system-on-chip and memory test solutions) and becoming a pure-play measurement company, as the company announced last August.
There's little to fear in the proposed U.S.-Malay free trade agreement, writes Mike Buetow.
http://circuitsassembly.com/blog/
http://circuitsassembly.com/blog/
Columbus, OH – Market research firm Bishop & Associates will offer its recent connector industry report through its Website (bishopinc.ecnext.com)
The report, “Connector Types and Technologies Poised for Growth”, addresses 20 specific connector types that are expected to experience greater than average growth from 2006 to 2010. It also reviews technologies currently driving the market, emerging technologies that are poised to influence connector design and market trends that are changing the way electronic connectors are used.
Readers can also purchase individual chapters of the report.
The report, “Connector Types and Technologies Poised for Growth”, addresses 20 specific connector types that are expected to experience greater than average growth from 2006 to 2010. It also reviews technologies currently driving the market, emerging technologies that are poised to influence connector design and market trends that are changing the way electronic connectors are used.
Readers can also purchase individual chapters of the report.
HELSINKI -- Elcoteq, Europe's largest EMS company, is in negotiations with workers from several of its Finland plants over possible layoffs.
Elcoteq met this week with personnel representatives of its Lohja manufacturing plant to discuss layoffs that would affect, per company estimates, at most 120 workers, or 13.7% of Elcoteq's Finnish workforce.
Elcoteq met this week with personnel representatives of its Lohja manufacturing plant to discuss layoffs that would affect, per company estimates, at most 120 workers, or 13.7% of Elcoteq's Finnish workforce.
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- Incap Slovakia invests in cleanroom capability to support semiconductor manufacturing requirements
- Orbit Technologies accelerates growth and doubles production capacity with Europlacer iineo placement machine
- CE3S Brings Back Free ANSI/ESD S20.20 Training Series This August with Desco Industries
- Green Circuits Names Adam Szychowski Chief Revenue Officer