October 25, 2007 – The new, more customer-centric organization model comprises three business areas, which are: Personal Communications, Communications …
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Industry Pulse
Elcoteq adopts new operating measures, warns of one-time costs
Mexico Secretary of Labor presents Sanmina-SCI Guadalajara National Labor Award
October 25, 2007 – Sanmina-SCI has more than 20 years of manufacturing experience in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Mexico Operations offer …
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Nortech Systems’ CEO Mike Degen joins Minnesota trade mission to India
EMS firm CEO joins Minnesota Governor Pawlenty and other business leaders as they …
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Flextronics emerging as leaner enterprise
October 12, 2007 – Kessel estimates roughly 8.3 million square feet or, 43+ facility locations with overlapping high-cost footprints, could be …
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Nam Tai Electronics restructures
October 8, 2007 – The integrated EMS provider's interest in NTEEP will drop about 6% to 67.71%. Interest in Zastron, currently at 100%, will also drop to …
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EMS provider Suntron going ‘private’
October 3, 2007 – Thayer-Blum has formed a new subsidiary to merge with and into Suntron to increase its ownership to 100%. Suntron will be the surviving entity of the merger and …
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LaBarge awarded BAE defense contract
Electronics manufacturing services provider LaBarge, Inc. was awarded a $5.7 million contract from BAE Systems to produce electronic assemblies for …
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Plexus factory in Malaysia gets FDA clearance
September 27, 2007 – Through its pre-market approval supplement evaluation process, the Neenah-based contract manufacturer of electronics products will produce …
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Japanese electronics industry’s changing landscape
The most recent restructuring plans announced by Japanese electronics companies are focused on extricating these companies from non-profitable divisions, and promoting additional growing through mergers and acquisitions. It seems Japanese…
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Taking the pulse of EMS
While internal, defensive, cost-control issues dominated the companies’ reports; most firms also …
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