EMS industry underestimated. Growth opportunities seen at numerous EMS companies. Sanmina-SCI in major identity makeover. Flextronics disproportionate beneficiary in computing. Clean tech aids non-traditional EMS sectors. OEMs reevaluate strategies.
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Product Market Segments
EMS as a growth industry and reasons for optimism
Foxconn, Flextronics, Jabil, Celestica top chip spenders 2010
2010 chip spend for EMS providers to total $38 billion. OEMs to outsource other product types. OEM semiconductor spend to rise 13%.
Dissecting the 2010 worldwide semiconductor chip market forecast
Q1 sales to wireless communications market will be up 53% from same period 2009. Memory will be strongest segment during Q1. Global semiconductor revenue will rise 21.5% to $279.7 billion versus 2009 sales.
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Ford and Flextronics automotive EMS
By employing an EMS contract manufacturer, rather than a traditional automotive supplier, Ford is behaving like most modern consumer electronics firms, which predominately outsource the production and design of their products to …
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EMS sector bounces back but uncertainties remain
The global electronics contract manufacturing industry is set to return to growth in 2010 after a painful 2009, but the market still faces major uncertainties this year. Worldwide revenue generated by the two segments …
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Some consumer electronics markets recovering
Appliance market in emerging economies driven by households. Consumers favor flat panel displays. OEM LCD-TV largest dollar increase of any consumer electronics segment. Digitial infrastructure drives Asian market.
China consumer tech spending trends
Looking at LCD flat screen TV brands most likely to be purchased, consumers like Sharp and Sony (both 10%) most, followed by Samsung (8%), among the LCD TV brands. PC brands most likely to be purchased, consumers prefer Lenovo (20%), followed by HP (11%), unbranded computers (9%) and…Dell (7%).
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CES review: Apple’s shadow, tablets, eReaders and optimism
The tablet / eReader market could converge into a single device that incorporates full color video, eBooks, magazines, gaming, web-browsing and iTunes-like functionality with …
False rays of hope for semiconductors?
The reduced floor size reserved by the show was enough to accommodate the crowd that filled the aisles and open areas. This created the illusion the show seemed just as busy as previous years due to the downsized area and …
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