February 7, 2008 – As a percentage of total transactions, EMS divestitures rose from 6% to 10% for …
Read more
Trends & Observations
2007 EMS industry mergers and acquisitions
€7.3 billion growth forecast for Central and Eastern European logistics
February 6, 2008 – Another key area for concern is the labor drain, as many local logistics professionals from these countries continue to migrate to the West, creating a …
Read more
The $17.6 billion 2009 NASA budget
February 5, 2008 – NASA still accounts for less than 1 percent of the federal budget. The NASA budget includes $5.78 billion for the space shuttle and space station programs, $4.44 billion for science …
Read more
Chinese consumers more cautious than Western counterparts BCG study finds
February 4, 2008 – The Boston Consulting Group's Center for Consumer Insight in Asia conducted a large-scale study of consumer attitudes and behavior in 13 Chinese …
Read more
IDC Asia-Pacific 2008 supply chain predictions from Manufacturing Insights
February 1, 2008 – Asia is still the factory of the world, especially China, but there will be a shift in focus in the …
Read more
European electronics exhibitions losing luster? No Nepcon UK
January 31, 2008 – This has been a tough decision as Nepcon has run in the UK for 39 years, however, with so much electronic production moving to China and India …
Read more
Honeywell partners with U.S. Display Consortium (USDC) on flexible electronics
January 25, 2008 – Honeywell has extensive experience developing planarizing materials and is a pioneer in the development of …
Read more
China as global technology leader?
January 24, 2008 – A new study of worldwide technological competitiveness suggests China may soon rival the United States as …
Read more
Gary Shapiro on consumer electronics trends and the CEA
The Consumer Electronics Association CEO says consumer electronics industry executives continue to work toward selling the ‘experience’ rather than simply …
Read more
China’s risk: Bubbles burst, that’s what they do
Combined, all of these issues, and many others are becoming fault lines in the foundation that has allowed China to recover from the economic …
Read more
