By employing an EMS contract manufacturer, rather than a traditional automotive supplier, Ford is behaving like most modern consumer electronics firms, which predominately outsource the production and design of their products to …
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Ford and Flextronics automotive EMS
EMS sector bounces back but uncertainties remain
The global electronics contract manufacturing industry is set to return to growth in 2010 after a painful 2009, but the market still faces major uncertainties this year. Worldwide revenue generated by the two segments …
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Flextronics tackles F3Q but curbs notebook outlook
Reaches annualized cost-cutting savings of $230 to $260 million. Notebooks generates $1.3 billion but market has limited sequential growth while $2+ billion run rate target is pushed out. Mobile improves 29%, computing 21%
Some consumer electronics markets recovering
Appliance market in emerging economies driven by households. Consumers favor flat panel displays. OEM LCD-TV largest dollar increase of any consumer electronics segment. Digitial infrastructure drives Asian market.
Plexus F1Q reveals Company roadmap, reflects EMS trends
Higher Asia utilization rate prompts footprint expansion plans in region. Business development nets 16 wins. Market trends and revenue breakdown reveal Plexus strategy insight. Anticipated increases in operating expenses spell growth.
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China consumer tech spending trends
Looking at LCD flat screen TV brands most likely to be purchased, consumers like Sharp and Sony (both 10%) most, followed by Samsung (8%), among the LCD TV brands. PC brands most likely to be purchased, consumers prefer Lenovo (20%), followed by HP (11%), unbranded computers (9%) and…Dell (7%).
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Jabil Circuit and different Wall Street viewpoints
Jabil’s networking segment fell below expectations. Perhaps, partly from component shortages and partly from competitive pressures at a European customer believes to be wireless technology company, Option. However, the Wall Street analyst says …
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False rays of hope for semiconductors?
The reduced floor size reserved by the show was enough to accommodate the crowd that filled the aisles and open areas. This created the illusion the show seemed just as busy as previous years due to the downsized area and …
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EMS computing eyes Acer, HP battle PC shipments, market share
Aggressive pricing helps Asian PC makers as OEM captures first time No. 2 position. Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba contribute to 79.9 million PC units shipped third quarter. Flextronics, Hon Hai take top market positions in EMS computing sector.
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