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ANGELTON, TX – Benchmark Electronics president Gayla Delly told analysts the telecom,
industrial controls and medical sectors are bright spots for the EMS company,
but a customer shift to lower-priced computers is hurting revenues.
For the June quarter, Benchmark saw sequential strength in industrial controls (up 13%), medical (up 7%) and telecommunications (up 4%). Computing fell 6% – out of step with typical seasonality – and test and instrumentation slid 12%.
SAN JOSE – Tessera Technologies announced its fifth annual technical symposium series will highlight the power of integration.
The Tessera Technology Symposiums will feature speakers from consumer electronics manufacturers and OEMs, as well as market research firms. During the event, Aptina, Asia Optical, Samsung, Toshiba and research firm IDC will discuss The Future of Imaging in Converged Mobile Devices; Transforming Mobile Devices Through High-End Imaging; Integration Challenges of Converged Devices, and Enhancing Camera Phone Performance.
The Tessera Technology Symposiums will feature speakers from consumer electronics manufacturers and OEMs, as well as market research firms. During the event, Aptina, Asia Optical, Samsung, Toshiba and research firm IDC will discuss The Future of Imaging in Converged Mobile Devices; Transforming Mobile Devices Through High-End Imaging; Integration Challenges of Converged Devices, and Enhancing Camera Phone Performance.
The symposia will be held in Hsinchu City, Taiwan on Sept. 23; Tokyo on Sept. 25, and San Jose on Jan. 26.
NEW YORK – Dover Corp. reported second-quarter revenues exceeded $2 billion, up 10% over last year and a record for the company.
REDMOND, WA – Data I/O Corp. reported second-quarter revenues increased 38% to $8 million, and net income rose to $1.2 million from a loss of $1.1 million last year.
Backlogs at the end of the second quarter rose to $2.5 million, up 67% sequentially.
BEIJING – With the Olympics around the corner, Chinese authorities in Beijing have restricted the traffic flow of goods and materials in an approximate 200-mile ring around the city through Oct. 17. The transportation of dangerous goods (such as plating chemicals and other materials for assembling electronics) has likewise been restricted until Aug. 22 in the Shanghai area.
BANGALORE – Eight small bombs blasted Bangalore Friday, with the blasts reportedly killing at least one person and injuring nearly a dozen others.
India’s southern city, the center for the country’s global software outsourcing business, is home to 1,500 companies such as Infosys Technologies and offices of firms such as Microsoft, IBM and Intel.
According to published reports, authorities said the bombs
were located in traffic circles, near bus stops and on important roads, such as
the one to Electronic City.
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