IDC says the recession will drive down industry revenues by $37 billion in 2009, a –12.9% contraction. The EMS sector generated $167.1 billion in revenues for 2008, representing 58.5% of the overall industry. Additionally, the diversified revenue sources for the EMS sector should…
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Battling EMS growth stories
Former Sanmina-SCI CFO Randy Spurr joins Spansion
Furr spent 13 years at Sanmina-SCI, nine as president and COO and four as executive vice president and chief financial officer. At Sanmina-SCI, Furr implemented the necessary …
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Jabil Circuit touching bottom?
Jabil CEO Tim Main did mention that IT investment by enterprises and consumer electronics spending have both been hit by under investment over the past year (down 40% to 45%). Given this degree of decline, it could be …
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Trend: Embedded components center stage at printed circuits show
Manufacturing companies for rigid circuit boards, flex circuits and modules are the front runners to bring this technology to market. Support for the technology is also coming …
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EMS 5 year forecast: Plexus at $3 billion?
Plexus has won approximately $690 million worth of business in the last 12 months. Management has said its near-term view is to grow the company over …
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Celestica’s turnaround story
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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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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