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GUADALAJARA -- Solectron
Corp. today announced
an expansion of its Guadalajara facility, the company's
largest plant in the Americas. The new
capabilities include enclosures services and design
and engineering.
WOBURN, MA — Masstech EMS today announced a family of service offerings
designed to help customers comply with changing environmental
regulations. The firm's Lead Free
Conversion Program helps OEMs prepare for and
comply with the EU RoHS directive.
PALO ALTO, CA -- Agilent Technologies today announced that Tessolve Inc., an independent semiconductor-test
engineering service provider in Bangalore, India, has purchased the
first Agilent 93000 Pin Scale system sold in that country.
Tessolve is using the system to test digital and mixed-signal devices for its major integrated device manufacturers and fabless customers as well as for emerging local customers in India.
The system was chosen for its ability to test ICs, SOCs and SIPs within bandwidths of 200 Mbps to 3.6 Gbps.
India has already become a world leader in software services, and is poised to do the same in the semiconductor industry. According to Bryan Wang, an analyst at In-Stat, India will have the world's fastest-growing electronics industry over the next several years, outpacing even China. The Indian electronics market, worth $11.5 billion in 2004, will hit a compound annual growth rate of 23% to reach $40 billion by 2010, said Wang.
Many top semiconductor companies including Intel, Texas Instruments, IBM, Samsung, Freescale, Toshiba and Infineon, have design and manufacturing centers in India, which presents a clear opportunity for Tessolve.
"We opened our 50,000 sq. ft. chip testing center in Bangalore to put an end to India's testing limitations for SOC designs coming out of India," said Raja Manickam, chief executive of Tessolve. "Now, with our purchase of the Agilent 93000, Tessolve is positioned to become India's leading independent semiconductor test house. Eighty percent of India's semiconductor design houses are already based in Bangalore, and the Agilent Pin Scale test system allows us to offer them a low-cost, scalable platform that can be employed from characterization to high-volume manufacturing."
Tessolve is using the system to test digital and mixed-signal devices for its major integrated device manufacturers and fabless customers as well as for emerging local customers in India.
The system was chosen for its ability to test ICs, SOCs and SIPs within bandwidths of 200 Mbps to 3.6 Gbps.
India has already become a world leader in software services, and is poised to do the same in the semiconductor industry. According to Bryan Wang, an analyst at In-Stat, India will have the world's fastest-growing electronics industry over the next several years, outpacing even China. The Indian electronics market, worth $11.5 billion in 2004, will hit a compound annual growth rate of 23% to reach $40 billion by 2010, said Wang.
Many top semiconductor companies including Intel, Texas Instruments, IBM, Samsung, Freescale, Toshiba and Infineon, have design and manufacturing centers in India, which presents a clear opportunity for Tessolve.
"We opened our 50,000 sq. ft. chip testing center in Bangalore to put an end to India's testing limitations for SOC designs coming out of India," said Raja Manickam, chief executive of Tessolve. "Now, with our purchase of the Agilent 93000, Tessolve is positioned to become India's leading independent semiconductor test house. Eighty percent of India's semiconductor design houses are already based in Bangalore, and the Agilent Pin Scale test system allows us to offer them a low-cost, scalable platform that can be employed from characterization to high-volume manufacturing."
LOUISVILLE, KY -- Sypris Solutions today reported third-quarter net income fell 21% to $3 million despite record
revenue. Net orders for the quarter reached a record $139.2 million, driven by
an 83% increase in bookings for electronics.
ROCHESTER, NY -- Hover-Davis Inc., a provider of component feeders, will exclusively distribute the Laurier tray feeding product family to the worldwide end-user market. Terms were not disclosed.
Laurier’s OEM product offerings includes automated handling of JEDEC trays and waffle packs.
"Our target is to offer a comprehensive set of feeding solutions to the market,” said Roland Heitmann, Hover Davis director of semiconductor feeding solutions. “By adding the capability of handling JEDEC trays and waffle packs, we take another significant step to being a complete feeding solution provider for our customers.”
Laurier, part of Besi, manufactures back-end microelectronic assembly equipment.
Laurier’s OEM product offerings includes automated handling of JEDEC trays and waffle packs.
"Our target is to offer a comprehensive set of feeding solutions to the market,” said Roland Heitmann, Hover Davis director of semiconductor feeding solutions. “By adding the capability of handling JEDEC trays and waffle packs, we take another significant step to being a complete feeding solution provider for our customers.”
Laurier, part of Besi, manufactures back-end microelectronic assembly equipment.
TOYKO -- A pair of leading Japanese laminate suppliers are raising prices, according to a new report. In mid September, Matsushita Electric raised prices of copper laminates and prepreg about 15%.
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