Despite the various adjustments that EMS providers have had to make, a resurgence of notebook and netbook orders to the ODMs has inspired bullish sentiment among a number of companies, including…
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Report: Changing PC sector, market share, emerging markets, forecast considerations
Deutsche Bank believes the PC market is set for a significant, multi-year recovery cycle driven by the combination of an improving global economy, new product upgrade cycles and further penetration growth in developing economies. In the report, several key factors are cited as aligning which could drive significant improvement in PC unit growth over the next 12 to 24 months, such as…
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6 REACH compliance steps for aerospace, defense foreign military sale
U.S. Department of Defense has no program in place for completing substance registrations. Hundreds of substances are at risk in the supply chain. If your supplier has not pre-registered a non-exempt substance then you are currently putting an illegal product on the EU market. Your choices are to either get the supply chain to register the substance immediately or register it yourself via an EU affiliate or representative.
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Choosing providers: EMS or ODM?
The landscape for outsourcing electronics has changed significantly in the recent decade resulting from a combination of the emergence of the Taiwanese original design manufacturers (ODM) as well as the consolidation of traditional EMS providers. Companies such as Compal, Quanta, Wistron and Inventec …
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China iPhone market demand projections
Some industry reports indicate Apple could soon be announcing a partnership with China Unicom to distribute the iPhone across mainland China. While VentureOutsource.com is unsure of the pending partnership, reports are providing insight into what Apple’s China iPhone venture …
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Printed circuit board and related materials trends
Many mid-sized flexible circuits manufacturers displayed 20 microns pitch and finer circuits for single-sided and double-sided circuits. A few companies employed the semi-additive process for pitches finer than …
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Chasing EMS value with low-volume / high-mix
Well-done high-mix, low-cost EMS work requires strong process engineering, good systems and infrastructure, and experienced management talent. Many EMS companies, particularly in low-volume / high-mix are continuing to lose money …
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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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PC fallout: Rush orders a thing of the past
Except for a few isolated components, lead-times are short for most components. Industry contacts indicated that major OEMs (Dell and HP) are maintaining caution with respect to inventory …
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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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