Celestica’s labors have also contributed to win the fruits of additional business with Research In Motion (RIM). The Company first started working with RIM by doing …
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Celestica’s turnaround story
Dell strategy: Mobile PC outsourcing benefits and drawbacks
Starting from late 2007, Dell began to experiment with a manufacturing approach that had been used by Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer for years, which was to let ODMs ship …
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Rebound: North America leading global electronics recovery?
For rigid PCBs and flexible circuits combined, industry shipments in April 2009 decreased 34.7% from April 2008 and orders booked decreased 25.1% from …
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EMS mergers and acquisitions impacted by economy
The cash cycle continues to be a focus for EMS providers due to its significant impact on ROIC and the importance of cash flow for growth. Flextronics’ cash cycle shortened this year from 24.1 days to 17.8, a 26% decrease, because of…
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Eastern European EMS equals half of Europe’s, to grow 2x
Leading global manufacturers of home appliances have already established manufacturing bases in Poland, while some key EMS participants have made sizeable investments in the design …
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Too much EMS
it would take 2 years of 15% to 20% of annual EMS sector growth to get EMS industry utilization rates that eliminate overcapacity. Despite 7 years of industry restructuring there is still excess capacity in the EMS industry and …
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IT survey results: Tech rebounding?
Survey questions focusing on indicators of respondent satisfaction or emphasis were posed with a scoring basis of 1 to 10 (1 = very negative experience or expectations and 10 = very positive experience or expectations). Electronics OEM companies responded with …
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Flextronics fiscal Q409 analysis and EMS outlook
OEMs being concerned with survival and wanting to lower production costs and avoid inventory increases while differentiating their own products to remain viable must …
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Mobile phones: Troubled contract manufacturing?
When the economy is strong and market demand is good, this model will help an EMS provider grow because economies of scale can be leveraged and the manufacturing business and the component business can …
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Foxconn Technology Group joins Qseven Consortium
Foxconn Technology Group and joined the Qseven Consortium, increasing the number of members to 25. The Qseven Consortium was founded in 2007 by …
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