September 3, 2007 – The ineffective flow of goods and services across the region poses a major threat to market development. At the same time, an underdeveloped …
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Ukraine, Middle East and North Africa (UMENA) as electronics manufacturing hub
DuPont Mirocircuit Materials introduces photovoltaic metallization paste system
September 2, 2007 – The new material system is completed by a series of new Al compositions for wafer thicknesses down to 180 microns. The new Al compositions are designed …
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Boeing and Honeywell develop Integrated Materials Management (IMM) supply chain
Boeing has signed an agreement with Honeywell Aerospace that will allow them to significantly reduce airline maintenance costs by providing expendable parts. Honeywell provides 725,000 parts from 150 global manufacturers and 2,600 suppliers that…
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Mentor Graphics and China’s Tongji University create auto electronics design center
Designer training is important in meeting the demand of China's auto market and developing independent brands in the industry, while auto electronic system …
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Gartner says India mobile phone production to exceed 100 million units in 2011
August 31, 2007 – Gartner indicates this will raise EMS providers' share of total mobile phone production in India to nearly …
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Plexus announces new CFO and names several new executive officers
August 30, 2007 – Plexus today announced the Company's replacement of retiring CFO Gordon Bitter, as well as several new officers. The move is designed …
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Hon Hai (Foxconn) Vietnam mega-site update
Depending on future Hon Hai customer demand, the Company plans to employ approximately 300,000 employees in Vietnam over the course …
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Flextronics buys medical device company Avail
Flextronics' medical business segment is part of the Company's industrial, auto, and ‘other' segments (as reported by Flextronics) and comprises 11% …
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Fujitsu tops Japanese IT outsourcing revenues for third consecutive year
August 29, 2007 – Fujitsu was able to expand its sales of outsourcing services by 9.1%, outperforming the 6.7% overall growth rate in the domestic IT …
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Rigid and flexible printed circuit board shipments down
August 29, 2007 – IPC (Association Connecting Electronics Industries) announced July findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program …
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